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Chair Anwarul Karim Chowdhury (Bangladesh) opened the resumed session of
the PrepCom, noting it would attempt to complete negotiations on proposals
for key actions for further POA implementation that formally began in March
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UNFPA Executive Director Nafis Sadik before informal discussions begin, with PrepCom Vice-Chair Ross Hynes, Canada (right) |
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G-77/China Chair June Persaud with Chair Chowdhury and UNFPA Executive Director Sadik. The G-77/China proposed using language from the POA, paragraph 8.25, stating that abortion should not be promoted as a means of family planning, prevention of unwanted pregnancies should be prioritized and every attempt should be made to eliminate the need for abortion. The G-77/China also advocated assistence to developing countries and called for "special international assistance" to meet growing and urgent reproductive health and basic health needs. |
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Norway said the World Health Organization should take the lead role in the normative work on sexual and reproductive health indicators. |
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Mexican delegates Dr. Rodolfo Tuir�n
and Dr. Gegorio P�rez-Palacios. Mexico supported elaborating on under-utilized
family planning and contraceptive methods to include vasectomy and condom
use and women-controlled methods. Mexico also advocated sexual and reproductive
health education in school curricula.
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Members of the G-77/China (left) and Canada and the European Union (right) discuss the draft text
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