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Pakistan to attend Conference on
Population issues in Agra
Pakistan
Times National News Desk
LAHORE: Pakistan will
attend a three-day Conference on "Partners in Population and Development"
commencing from November 21 at Agra in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Federal Minister for Population Welfare, Chaudhry Shehbaz Hussain, heading a
four-member delegation reached New Delhi on Sunday to represent Pakistan at
the Conference - an Alliance of 21 developing countries.
Pakistan's delegation will make presentation at the Conference on the
important aspects of the issues. The delegation, headed by Federal Minister
for Population Welfare comprises of Parliamentary Secretary for Population
Welfare, Dr. Donoia Aziz, Director General Dr. Mumtaz Esker and Director
Malik Amanat Rasul from Ministry of Population Welfare.
The elections to the Executive Committee of the Forum for three years will
also take place during the Moot. China is currently Chairman of the
Alliance.
The Conference participants will discuss population issues in an extensive
manner and share each other's experience besides reviewing the progress so
far achieved in the field.
The participants will also discuss the ways and means and devise strategy as
how to integrate and meet the goals and targets, set by International
Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and UN Millennium Summit by
the deadline - 2115.
Major goals set by the ICPD and UN Millennium Summit include eradication of
extreme poverty and hunger, reduction in child mortality, realization of
universal primary education, promotion of gender equality and empowerment of
women, improvement of maternal health, global partnership for development
and check on the growing menace of Aids and other diseases.●
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