General Assembly high-level meeting on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants
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2016
Second Committee of the General Assembly: International migration and development
- Introductory remarks
- Resolution (A/RES/73/241)
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Inter-regional workshop on collecting and using migration-related data for development: Cooperation and exchange in the European-African corridor
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Workshop on population projections
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The Population Division, in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), organized a regional workshop for Anglophone countries in sub-Saharan Africa to improve national capacity in population projections. The workshop was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 7 to 11 March 2016.
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Workshop on preparing for the challenges of population ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Atelier de formation sur la production des estimations de population et des indicateurs démographiques
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La Division de la population, en collaboration avec la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) et l’Institut africain pour de développement économique et de planification (IDEP), a organisé un atelier de formation régional pour les pays francophones d’Afrique sub-Saharienne visant à renforcer les capacités nationales à produire et à utiliser les estimations démographiques et les indicateurs démographiques dans la formulation des politiques de développement durable. L’atelier s’est tenu à Dakar, Sénégal, du 26 au 30 septembre 2016.
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Atelier de formation sur les projections de population
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La Division de la population, en collaboration avec la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA) et l’Institut africain pour de développement économique et de planification (IDEP), a organisé un atelier de formation régional pour les pays francophones de l’Afrique sub-Saharienne dans le but d’améliorer les capacités nationales dans le domaine des projections de population. L’atelier s’est tenu à Dakar, Sénégal, du 28 novembre au 2 décembre 2016.
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Expert group meeting on changing population age structures and sustainable development
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The world population is experiencing a historical shift in its age distribution, from the mostly young age structures of the past, towards larger proportions of middle-aged and older persons in the present and future decades. This shift is driven by the demographic transition from high to lower levels of both fertility and mortality. The social and economic consequences of these changes vary greatly across regions and countries.
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Expert group meeting on the methodology and lessons learned to evaluate the completeness and quality of vital statistics data from civil registration
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The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, together with Statistics Korea (KOSTAT), Government of the Republic of Korea, as part of a joint technical cooperation agreement, are organizing an expert group meeting on “Methodology and lessons learned to evaluate the completeness and quality of vital statistics data from civil registration” that will be held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 3 to 4 November 2016.
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Fourteenth coordination meeting on international migration
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