Introduction

The International Conference on Population and Development took place in Cairo, Egypt, from 5 to 13 September 1994. Preceded by population conferences in Bucharest (1974) and Mexico City (1984), it was the third high-level intergovernmental meeting on population to be organized by the United Nations, and also the largest and most recent. A total of 179 countries adopted the Cairo Programme of Action, a document that put people at the centre of the debate over sustainable development and offered a road map of practical policies and programmatic actions covering a wide array of population and development issues. Mandated by Economic and Social Council resolution 1991/93 of 26 July 1991, and in preparation for the Cairo Conference, the United Nations regional commissions had organized meetings and conferences, both to review population policies and programmes in their respective regions and to propose future action.

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