Cairo Conference’s Implementation Remains Contentious

By Contributor | December 15, 2010

For the past two weeks, the General Assembly has been discussing a resolution which addresses the implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014. The draft resolution extends the ICPD’s Programme of Action beyond 2014, and makes provisions for a special session to take place in 2014 to discuss further implementation of the Programme of Action’s objectives and goals.

The informal negotiations of the draft resolution have been understandably tense, since discussions of the ICPD can raise questions about state’s sovereignty, developmental priorities, and the consideration of religious and ethical values in implementing the ICPD’s Programme of Action.

UNFPA, an organization widely criticized for pushing a sexual & reproductive health agenda, continues to have a lead role in directing the ICDP’s Programme of Action. As long as it does so, it seems that the Cairo Conference’s implementation will remain contentious – even beyond 2014.

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