The Fifth APPC Plan of Action, the ICPD Programme of Action and the Millennium Development Goals: Linkages, progress and challenges

Abstract

The Fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference (APPC) convened in December 2002 by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission (ESCAP) reviewed the progress accomplished by countries in the implementation of the recommendations contained in the Bali Declaration on Population and Sustainable Development adopted at the Fourth APPC, held at Bali, Indonesia in 1992 as well as the objectives and goals of the Programme of Action adopted at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held at Cairo in 1994.