Background documents on ICPD 

State of World Population 2004: The Cairo Consensus at 10: Population, Reproductive Health, and the Global Effort to End Poverty Report from UNFPA

The International Conference on Population and Development

The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD or Cairo), convened under the auspices of the United Nations, took place in Cairo, Egypt, September 5-13, 1994. It brought together representatives from over 180 governments and 1,254 nongovernmental organizations.

UNFPA: ICPD at 15 

2009 marks the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and is a reminder the five years remaining to fulfill the commitments made in Cairo in 1994.

42nd Session: Commission on Population and Development 

A series of reports from the Commission on Population and Development (42nd session, held from 30 March-3 April 2009) are available for download from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division website.

CPD: Costings Revised for Population Programs

Investments of $64.7 billion are needed in 2010 for population programmes essential to reduce poverty, promote development and curtail maternal death, a media statement from UNFPA said on 6 April.

15andCounting: Sign the petition 

15andCounting is a campaign co-ordinated by the International Planned Parenthood Federation to raise awareness of the rights and needs of young people throughout the 15th anniversary year of the International Conference on Population and Development (1994). 15andCounting is a campaign to demand better access to sexual health services and education for everyone, regardless of your age, gender or where you live. 15andCounting is connecting young people around the world to work together for better access to sexual health services and information. 15andCounting encourages open and honest discussion to persuade governments to get serious about young people’s health and wellbeing.

World Bank, UNFPA: Reproductive Health off the radar?

On the eve of the 20th anniversary of World Population Day, the World Bank and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, warned that family planning and other reproductive health programmes vital to poor women had fallen off the development radar of many low-income and donor country governments and international aid agencies.

Advocacy Flexi-Fund: grants from IPPF for SRHR campaigns 

The Advocacy Flexi Fund (AFF) provides small grants to support civil society organizations to advocate for the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people.

ICPD at 15: People First - Accelerating Implementation of the Cairo Consensus on Population and Development 

An Update from UNFPA, August 2009

In 1994 in Cairo, at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), industrialized and developing countries forged an inspiring and farsighted Plan of Action (PoA) that integrated a wide range of population, development and human rights issues into a blueprint for 20 years of action.