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adopted by the Standing Committee, acting on behalf of
the Assembly, on 29 May 2002 (see Doc. 9452, report of the Committee
on Migration, Refugees and Demography, rapporteur: Mrs Lörcher).
Thesaurus
1. The Parliamentary Assembly, referring
to its Recommendation
1564 (2002) on the state of the world population, asks
its relevant committees to:
i look
into the possibilities for ensuring an Assembly presence at relevant
United Nations meetings so as to ensure that the commitments resulting
from the International Conference on Population and Development
(ICPD), held in Cairo in 1994, are upheld;
ii hold a conference on Population and Development in 2003
to follow up the global parliamentary conference scheduled for November
2002 and to prepare for Cairo+10 in 2004;
iii continue work on the impact of the Mexico City Policy
of US President George W. Bush on European-based non-governmental
organisations;
iv look into possibilities for drawing up a European strategy
for sexual and reproductive health.
2. The Parliamentary Assembly urges its members and appropriate
committees:
i to invite United Nations
and civil society experts in population and sexual and reproductive
health and rights for periodic updates on the state of the world
population;
ii to support activities to promote awareness of population
and sexual and reproductive health and rights issues;
iii to support involvement in the activities of the Inter-European
Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development.
