Programme of action of the Internatíonal conference on population and development - Chapter XVI:* Follow-up to the conference - C. Activities at the international level
Basis for action
16.18. The implementation of the goals, objectives and actions of the present
Programme of Action will require new and additional financial resources from
the public and private sectors, non-governmental organizations and the international
community. While some of the resources required could come from the reordering of
priorities, additional resources will be needed. In this context, developing
countries, particularly the least developed countries, will require additional
resources, including onconcessional and grant terms, according to sound and
equitable indicators. Countries with economies in transition may also require
temporary assistance in the light of the difficult economic and social problems
these countries face at present. Developed countries, and others in a position
to do so, should consider providing additional resources, as needed, to support
the implementation of the decisions of this Conference through bilateral and multilateral
channels, as well as through non-governmental organizations.
16.19. South-South cooperation at all levels is an important instrument of
development. In this regard, such cooperation -technical cooperation among developing
countries - should play animportant part in the implementation of the present
Programme ofAction.
Objectives
16.20. The objectives are:
- To ensure full and consistent support, including financial and technical
assistance from the international community, including the United Nations system,
for all efforts directed at the implementation of the present Programme of Action at
all levels;
- To ensure a coordinated approach and a clearer division of labour in population-relevant
policy and operational aspects of development cooperation. This should be supplemented
by enhanced coordination and planning in the mobilization of resources;
- To ensure that population and development issues receive appropriate focus
and integration in the work of the relevant bodies and entities of the United
Nations system.
Actions
16.21. The General Assembly is the highest intergovernmental mechanism for
the formulation and appraisal of policy on matters relating to the follow-up
to this Conference. To ensure effective follow-up to the Conference, as well
as to enhanceintergovernmental decision-making capacity for the integration
ofpopulation and development issues, the Assembly should organize a regular review
of the implementation of the present Programme of Action. In fulfilling this
task, the Assembly should consider thetiming, format and organizational aspects
of such a review.
16.22. The General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council should carry
out their respective responsibilities, as entrusted to them in the Charter of
the United Nations, in the formulation ofpolicies and the provision of guidance
to and coordination ofUnited Nations activities in the field of population and development.
16.23. The Economic and Social Council, in the context of its role under the
Charter, vis-…-vis the General Assembly and in accordance with Assembly
resolutions 45/264, 46/235 and 48/162, should assistthe General Assembly in
promoting an integrated approach and in providing system-wide coordination and
guidance in the monitoringof the implementation of the present Programme of
Action and inmaking recommendations in this regard. Appropriate steps should
betaken to request regular reports from the specialized agencies regarding their
plans and programmes related to the implementation of this Programme of Action,
pursuant to Article 64 of the Charter.
16.24. The Economic and Social Council is invited to review the reporting system
within the United Nations system regardingpopulation and development issues,
taking into account thereporting procedures that are required in follow-up to
otherinternational conferences, with a view to establishing, where possible,
a more coherent reporting system.
16.25. Within their respective mandates and in accordance withGeneral Assembly
resolution 48/162, the Assembly, during itsforty-ninth session, and the Economic
and Social Council, in 1995, should review the roles, responsibilities, mandates
and comparativeadvantages of both the relevant intergovernmental bodies and
theorgans of the United Nations system addressing population anddevelopment,
with a view to:
- Ensuring the effective and efficient implementation, monitoring and evaluation
of the United Nations operational activities that will be undertaken on the basis
of the present Programme of Action;
- Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the current United Nations
structures and machinery responsible forimplementing and monitoring population
and development activities,including strategies for addressing coordination
and forintergovernmental review;
- Ensuring clear recognition of the interrelationshipsbetween policy guidance,
research, standard-setting and operationalactivities for population and development,
as well as the divisionof labour between the bodies concerned.
16.26. As part of this review, the Economic and Social Councilshould, in the
context of General Assembly resolution 48/162,consider the respective roles
of the relevant United Nations organsdealing with population and development,
including the United Nations Population Fund and the Population Division of the Department
for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis of the United Nations
Secretariat, regarding the follow-up to the present Programme of Action.
16.27. The General Assembly, at its forty-ninth session, in accordance with
its resolution 48/162, is invited to give further consideration to the establishment
of a separate Executive Board of the United Nations Population Fund, taking into
account the results of the above-mentioned review and bearing in mind the administrative,
budgetary and programme implications of such a proposal.
16.28. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is invited to consult with
the various bodies of the United Nations system, aswell as with international
financial institutions and various bilateral aid organizations and agencies,
with a view to promotingan exchange of information among them on the requirements
forinternational assistance and to reviewing, on a regular basis, the specific
needs of countries in the field of population and development, including emergency
and temporary needs, and maximizing the availability of resources and their most
effectiveutilization.
16.29. All specialized agencies and related organizations of the United Nations
system are invited to strengthen and adjust their activities, programmes and
medium-term strategies, as appropriate,to take into account the follow-up to
the Conference. Relevant governing bodies should review their policies, programmes,
budgetsand activities in this regard
* The Holy See expressed a general reservation on this chapter.
The reservation is to be interpreted in terms of the statement made by the representative
of the Holy See at the 14th plenary meeting, on 13 September 1994.
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