Commission on Population and Development, fifty-sixth session (2023)

Agenda item 1: Election of officers*

^{*In accordance with Economic and Social Council decision 2005/213, the Commission, immediately following the closure of its fifty-fifth session, will hold the first meeting of its fifty-sixth session for the sole purpose of electing the new Chair and other officers of the Commission, in accordance with rule 15 of the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of the Council.}

Provisional agenda for the fifty-sixth session of the Commission (E/CN.9/2023/1) 

Note by the Secretariat on the organization of work of the session (E/CN.9/2023/L.1)

(a) Actions for the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development at the global, regional and national levels 

(b) Population, education and sustainable development 

Documentation 

Report of the Secretary-General on population, education and sustainable development (E/CN.9/2023/2)

Report of the Secretary-General on programmes and interventions for the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development in the context of population, education and sustainable development (E/CN.9/2023/3)

Report of the Secretary-General on the flow of financial resources for assisting in the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (E/CN.9/2023/4)

Panels

• Expert panel on reports of the Secretary-General, prepared for the general debate (Monday, 10 April 2023, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. EDT) [Concept note] [Biographies]
• Multi-stakeholder panel on the contribution of key population and development issues to the main theme of the Economic and Social Council, “Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels” (Tuesday, 11 April 2023, 10:00-11:30 a.m. EDT) [Concept note] [Biographies]
• Expert panel on population, education and sustainable development (Wednesday, 12 April 2023, 10:00-11:30 am EDT) [Concept note] [Biographies]
   

Country statements (Available here)

UN system and NGO statements (Available here)

Report of the Secretary-General on programme implementation and progress of work in the field of population in 2022: Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (E/CN.9/2023/5) 

Note by the Secretariat on the programme plan for 2023 and programme performance for 2021: subprogramme 5, Population, of programme 7, Economic and social affairs (E/CN.9/2023/CRP.1)

Panel

• Expert panel on the programme of work on population (Thursday, 13 April 2023, 10:00-11:30 a.m. EDT) [Concept note] [Biographies]

Agenda item 5: Provisional agenda for the fifty-seventh session of the Commission

Note by the Secretariat containing the provisional agenda for the fifty-seventh session of the Commission (E/CN.9/2023/L.2/Rev.1)

Adoption of the report of the Commission on its fifty-sixth session (E/CN.9/2023/L.5)

Closing statements

• Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund
• Ms. Maria Francesca Spatolisano, Assistant Secretary-General, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
• H.E. Georghe Leucă, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations and Chair of the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD)

Contributions of the Commission to the Economic and Social Council

ECOSOC Coordination Segment, 2 February 2023

• Presentation by the Chair

ECOSOC Management Segment, 6 June 2023

• Remarks by the Chair