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External sources (not reviewed)

international community with comprehensive and scientifically sound inputs for the analysis of progress made in achieving the goals and objectives on population and development set in the outcomes of major United Nations summits and conferences, especially the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, the key actions for its further implementation and the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (Commission resolution 2004/1).

of rural and urban population change; the analysis of international migration; the implications of the changing age structure of the population for development; the increasing diversity of fertility and mortality levels and trends; the interrelations among population, resources, the environment and development; and the evolution of population policies, applying a gender perspective in this regard (Commission resolution 2004/1).

in 2011 (E/CN.9/2012/7), and took note of the proposed strategic framework for the period 2014-2015 for subprogramme 5, Population, of programme 7, Economic and social affairs (E/CN.9/2012/CRP.1).

by the chair-in-office, Switzerland, of the 2011 Global Forum for Migration and Development in preparation for the concluding debate at the Global Forum.

of population estimates and projections; basic population trends and issues, including fertility, mortality, migration and patterns of rural and urban population change; the evolution of population policies; and understanding of the links between population and development (Commission resolution 1997/3).

America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), UNFPA, UNESCO and WHO by sharing with these bodies the preliminary results of the 2008 Revision of World Population Prospects in order to allow them to comment on those results.

the demographic information needed to guide the formulation and implementation of population policy, although the scope of its action in this area was constrained by the lack of a dedicated post for technical cooperation.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); International Labour Organization-Statistical Information and Monitoring Programme on Child Labour (ILO-SIMPOC); International Monetary Fund (IMF); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-Institute for Statistics (UNESCO-IS); and the World Bank.

item concerning the work programme of the Division.

and under-five mortality estimates maintained by UNICEF.

Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank as members.

in developing countries to analyse the demographic information needed to guide the formulation and implementation of population policy.

of the United Nations; with other Executive Committee of Economic and Social Affairs entities participating in the population cluster; with specialized bodies such as the United Nations Population Fund, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund, ILO, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); and with intergovernmental organizations such as OAS, the International Organization for Migration, the Ibero-American Youth Organization, IDB and the Ibero-American Secretariat.

data were based on national statistics and harmonized in accordance with agreements reached by the United Nations Statistical Commission.

Union for the Scientific Study of Population in developing and implementing Demopaedia, an interactive web-based Wiki platform providing access to a set of multilingual demographic dictionaries available in 14 languages to population specialists, government officials, non-governmental organizations and the media.

capacities to maximize the development benefits and to minimize the negative impact of international migration.

on three indicators of universal access to reproductive health that are part of the revised framework for tracking progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, namely, contraceptive prevalence (indicator 5.3), the adolescent birth rate (indicator 5.4) and the unmet need for family planning (indicator 5.6).

Management and the Division for Social Policy and Development) were more proactive in incorporating a gender perspective.