Midterm Review of the Asian and Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Population and Development held in Bangkok

Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/ The Mongolian delegation headed by Mr. Tugsbilguun Tumurkhuleg, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) participated at the Midterm Review of the Asian and Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Population and Development organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on 26-28 November 2018 in Bangkok. Senior government officials from across the Asia and the Pacific reviewed the regional progress and gaps in implementing the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) adopted in Cairo in 1994 and identified priority actions to address a broad set of population-related challenges, as well as new and emerging trends. The outcome of the meeting will be informed at the Global Review of the ICPD Programme of Action at the 52nd Session of the Commission on Population and Development to be held in New York in 2019. In his statement at the Midterm Review, Ambassador Tugsbilguun Tumurkhuleg introduced achievements and challenges faced by Mongolia in implementing the Programme of Action of ICPD and the Asian and Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Population and Development. Source: Embassy of Mongolia in Bangkok