The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) is one of the ten Functional Commissions of the
United Nations Economic and Social Council. At its establishment by ECOSOC in October 1946, the Commission's name was "''Population Commission''" and in December 1994, was changed to "''Commission on Population and Development''".
The goal of the Commission on Population and Development is the follow-up to the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development. The Commission would monitor, review and assess the implementation of the Programme of Action at the regional, national and international levels and advise the Economic and Social Council on issues such as populations issues and trends, integrating population and development strategies, and on population and related development policies and programmes.
It would also provide advice and assistance to the
United Nations System, governments and other organizations on
population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...
and
development related efforts.
The Commission is composed of 47 Member States (for 2006) elected by the Economic and Social Council for a period of four years on the basis of geographic distribution. Representatives should have a relevant background in population and development. It met typically every two or three years until 1994, after which it has met once a year.
The
United Nations Population Division is the main Secretariat unit assisting the Commission, compiles and analyzes data on populations aging.
See also
*
International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)
*
World population
In demographics of the world, world demographics, the world population is the total number of humans currently alive. It was estimated by the United Nations to have exceeded eight billion in mid-November 2022. It took around 300,000 years of h ...
References
External links
Commission on Population and Development
United Nations Economic and Social Council
United Nations Secretariat
Organizations established in 1946
Population
{{UN-stub