Qatar to preside over 50th session of UN population commission

Qatar will chair the 50th session of the UN Commission on Population and Development (CPD) tomorrow.HE the Minister of Development Planning and Statistics and Chairman of the Permanent Population Committee (PPC), Dr Saleh Mohamed Salem al-Nabit will lead the Ministry’s delegation to the session.A press release published by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics yesterday stated that the agenda of this year’s session, to be held under the theme of ‘Changing Population Age Structures and Sustainable Development’ at the United Nations, New York, from March 3-7, includes several important issues, including a general debate for the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development at global, regional and national levels. The release highlighted the PPC’s participation in the ongoing preparations for the current session, referring in this regard to the 17th meeting of heads of National Population Councils and Committees in the Arab countries held in Egypt on 8-9 November 2016.The third session of the meeting briefed the national population councils and committees on the data relating to “Changing Population Structure in the Arab Region and its Relation to Sustainable Development” as well as the efforts being exerted by Qatar to prepare for this session.The Permanent Population Committee represented by its vice-chair participated in the informal meeting which took place in preparation of the CPD current session in New York on 27th of February and chaired by Qatar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, HE ambassador Sheikha Alia Ahmed bint Seif al-Thani.