Work programme in the field of population.

Requests the Secretary-General to give high priority to the monitoring of world population trends and policies, including in-depth consideration of special topics, and to the review and appraisal of the World Population Plan of Action; to coordinate substantive preparatory work for the International Conference on Population and Development in 1994; to further improve communication and coordination between the Population Division of the Secretariat, the regional commissions and Governments, particularly in order to prepare the most accurate population estimates and projections possible, an activity in which the Population Division should play a leading role; requests the Secretary-General to give high priority to strengthening multilateral technical cooperation programmes in the field of population, including the utilization of technical cooperation among developing countries, as necessary; to further strengthen multilateral technical cooperation in order to meet the urgent need to train an adequate number of population specialists over the next 5 years and to stimulate female enrolment in training courses; to conduct a study of the needs of developing countries for skilled human resources in the population field and the measures required to meet those needs; re-emphasizes the importance of maintaining the scope, effectiveness and efficiency of the global population programme.

Adopted without vote, 32nd meeting

Adopted at the 32nd plenary meeting, 26 July 1991.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its 2nd regular session of 1991, Geneva, 3-26 July 1991. - E/1991/INF/10. - 30 Aug. 1991. - p. 78-81. - Issued in ESCOR, 1991, Suppl. no. 1 and 1a.