Commission on Population and Development, fifty-eighth session (2025)

07 April 2025 to 11 April 2025

Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages

Members of the Commission

Bureau members

Ms. Catharina Jannigje Lasseur (Kingdom of the Netherlands) - Western European and Others Group (WEOG) (Chair)
Ms. Jos茅lyne Kwishaka (Burundi) - African Group (AG) (Vice-Chair-designate)
Ms. Norma Abi Karam (Lebanon) - Asia-Pacific Group (APG) (Vice-Chair)
Mrs. Galina Nipomici (Republic of Moldova) - Eastern European Group (EEG) (Vice-Chair-designate)
Ms. Stefany Romero Veiga (Uruguay) - Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) (Vice-Chair-designate)

Draft programme of work

Countries' explanations of position

Nigeria	Islamic Republic of Iran	Burundi
Germany	Malaysia	Poland, on behalf of the European Union
Sweden	United States	South Africa, on behalf of a group of countries
Portugal	Argentina	Denmark
Uruguay	Spain	France
Cameroon	Djibouti	Mexico
Finland	Paraguay	Egypt
China	United Kingdom	Belarus
Tunisia	Australia on behalf of CANZ	Dominican Republic
Russian Federation	Brazil	Chile
Norway	Lebanon	Colombia
Republic of Moldova	Philippines	Belgium
Algeria	Gambia	Bangladesh
Costa Rica	Luxembourg	Peru
Japan
Holy See (observer)

High-level opening statements

Keynote address

H.E. Ms. Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (via video link) [Biography]

Special presentation

H.E. Mr. Abdoulaye Bio Tchan茅, Minister of State for Planning and Development, Benin [Biography] [Presentation]

Cultural Performance: Letters from a Young Poetess
Experience a powerful performance by Lisette Ma Neza 鈥� poet, filmmaker, and theatre director 鈥� who in January 2024 became Brussels鈥� first-ever city poet, a role she will hold for two years. Through her poetry, Ma Neza explores themes of identity, struggle, and the restoration of human dignity, offering a deeply personal and resonant voice. Accompanying her is acclaimed Afro-jazz trumpeter Peter Somuah, whose rich sound and masterful improvisation bring an added layer of emotion and depth to the performance.

Agenda item 1: Election of officers*

*In accordance with Economic and Social Council decision 2005/213, the Commission, immediately following the closure of its fifty-seventh session, will hold the first meeting of its fifty-eighth session for the sole purpose of electing the new Chair and other officers of the Commission, in accordance with rule 15 of the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of the Council.

Agenda item 2: Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters

Documentation

Provisional agenda of the fifty-eighth session of the Commission ()

Note by the Secretariat on the organization of work of the session ()

Agenda item 3: General debate

(a) Actions for the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development at the global, regional and national levels;

(b) Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages.

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on ensuring healthy lives and promoting wellbeing for all at all ages ()

Report of the Secretary-General on programmes and interventions ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages ()

Report of the Secretary-General on the flow of financial resources for assisting in the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development ()

Panels

Expert panel on the reports of the Secretary-General (Monday, 7 April 2025, 3:00 鈥� 4:30 p.m. EDT) [Concept note] [Biographies]
Panel discussion on how the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development can accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and on interlinkages with other United Nations forums (Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. EDT) [Concept note] [Biographies]
Thematic presentation and multi-stakeholder panel on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages (Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 3:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. EDT) [Concept note] [Biographies]

Country statements (Available here)

UN system and NGO statements (Available here)

Agenda item 4: Programme implementation and future programme of work of the Secretariat in the field of population

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on world demographic trends ()

Report of the Secretary-General on programme implementation and progress of work in the field of population in 2024: Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs ()

Note by the Secretariat on the draft proposed programme plan for 2026 and programme performance for 2024: subprogramme 5, Population, of programme 7, Economic and social affairs (E/CN.9/2025/CRP.1)

Panel