Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 May 2013
137. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be represented at the conference on 1-2 July reviewing the ICPD programme of action for our region of Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23854/13]
View answerThe UN Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) will hold a Regional Conference in Geneva on 1-2 July 2013 on the theme of Enabling choices: Population Priorities for the 21st Century. It will bring together 200-250 representatives of governments, including high-level officials, with representatives of national parliaments, academia and Non-Governmental Organisations. The Conference will review progress in Europe on achieving the goals and objectives of the Programme of Action adopted by the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in 1994. Ireland attaches great importance to the implementation of the goals and objectives of the Programme of Action. We will be represented at the Conference by our Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva.
