26 May 1983

International Conference on Population, 1984

The Economic and Social Council,

Recalling its resolutions 1981/87 of 25 November 1981, 1982/7 of 30 April 1982 and 1982/42 of 27 July 1982,

1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General of the Conference on the preparations for the International Conference on Population in 1984 and of his statement to the First (Economic) Committee at its 6th meeting, on 16 May 1983;

2. Decides to convene the International Conference on Population at Mexico City from 6 to 13 August 1984, composed of a plenary and one main committee;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to invite:

(a) All States to participate in the Conference;

(b) Representatives of organizations that have received a standing invitation from the General Assembly to participate in the sessions and the work of all international conferences convened under its auspices in the capacity of observers to participate in the Conference in that capacity, in accordance with Assembly resolutions 3237 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974 and 31/152 of 20 December 1976;

(c) Representatives of the national liberation movements recognized in its region by the Organization of African Unity to participate in the Conference in the capacity of observers, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 3280 (XXIX) of 10 December 1974;

(d) The United Nations Council for Namibia to participate in the Conference, in accordance with paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 32/9 E of 4 November 1977;

(e) The specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as other interested organs of the United Nations, to be represented at the Conference;

(f) Interested intergovernmental organizations to be represented by observers at the Conference;

(g) Interested non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council to be represented by observers at the Conference;

(h) Other interested non-governmental organizations that may have a specific contribution to make to the work of the Conference to be represented by observers at the Conference;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to make the following arrangements, within the approved regular budgetary resources for the Conference and with available extrabudgetary resources:

(a) To convene, on 5 August 1984, pre-conference consultations on organizational matters regarding the Conference;

(b) To provide the necessary conference facilities for two daily plenary meetings and two daily committee meetings, as well as for evening plenary meetings, if necessary, and for the possible extension of the Conference for one day, if required;

5. Decides that the Population Commission, when acting as the Preparatory Committee for the Conference, should concentrate on the review and appraisal of the World Population Plan of Action and the formulation of specific recommendations to the Conference on the further implementation of that Plan of Action;

6. Requests the Secretary-General of the Conference, in the light of the need for thorough preparation for the Conference, to circulate the documentation for the Preparatory Committee for the Conference at an early date, particularly the two basic documents concerning the review and appraisal of the World Population Plan of Action and the recommendations to the Conference on the further implementation of that Plan of Action, as well as the findings of the meetings of the four expert groups;

7. Recommends that the General Assembly, at its thirty-eighth session, should approve the regular budgetary resources required for the Conference, as agreed in paragraph 5 of Council resolution 1982/42, and invites the Secretary-General of the Conference to continue his efforts to raise extrabudgetary resources for the Conference.