Draft first regional report on the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development

<strong>Draft</strong> <strong>first</strong> <strong>regional</strong> <strong>report</strong> on the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development
Chapter I
At the special meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development
in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Santiago from 7 to 9 November 2017, the countries of the region
renewed their commitment to implementing and monitoring the Montevideo Consensus on Population and
Development and recognized the contribution of the Regional Conference on Population and Development
in Latin America and the Caribbean to the global follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International
Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014. 1
They also recognized the contribution of national and <strong>regional</strong> monitoring of the Montevideo Consensus
to the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in accordance with resolution
700(XXXVI), adopted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) at its
thirty-sixth session. 2
On that occasion, the Presiding Officers asked the secretariat, in collaboration with the United Nations
Population Fund, to prepare the draft <strong>first</strong> <strong>regional</strong> <strong>report</strong> on the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus
on Population and Development. 3
This draft <strong>report</strong> will be examined by the countries at the third session of the Regional Conference on
Population and Development, to be held in Lima, in the third quarter of 2018, and will also be the <strong>regional</strong>
contribution to the global review and appraisal of the Programme of Action of the International Conference
on Population and Development beyond 2014 to be undertaken in 2019 at the fifty-second session of the
United Nations Commission on Population and Development. 4
The Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development was the outcome of the <strong>first</strong> session of the
Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Montevideo
from 12 to 15 August 2013. Thanks to the board support it attracted in the region, the Montevideo Consensus
on Population and Development brought the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International
Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014 into confluence with <strong>regional</strong> needs. This was
recognized in resolution 2014/1 adopted by the United Nations Commission on Population and Development,
which took note of the outcome documents from the <strong>regional</strong> conferences on population and development,
and recognized that they provided region-specific guidance on population and development beyond 2014.
Although the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development covers all the major population and
development issues in Latin America and the Caribbean, and forms the basis for a comprehensive, up-to-date
roadmap for the future of <strong>regional</strong> action in this area, it became necessary to make it into an operational
agenda through the Operational guide for the implementation and follow-up of the Montevideo Consensus
on Population and Development, 5 endorsed by the member States in the second session of the Regional
Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Mexico City in 2015. 6
The Operational guide represented a significant step forward, not only in terms of implementing
the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development at the national level but also in terms of
establishing synergies with other international instruments or forums, such as the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development, the meetings of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the
Caribbean and the Regional Intergovernmental Conferences on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons
in Latin America and the Caribbean.
1
See para. 1 of the agreements [online] see https://crpd.cepal.org/1e/sites/crpd1e/files/17-01123_mdp-e_agreements.pdf.
2
Ibid., para. 2.
3
Ibid., para. 13. This <strong>report</strong> would be based on the national progress <strong>report</strong>s on the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development
submitted by the countries and taking into account the <strong>report</strong> of the special meeting of the Presiding Officers and the list of indicators contained in the Final <strong>report</strong>
of the ad hoc working group for the preparation of a proposal on the indicators for <strong>regional</strong> follow-up of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development,
endorsed at the same meeting.
4
Ibid., para. 6.
5
LC/L.4061(CRPD.2/3).
6
See [online] http://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/38937/1/S1500859_en.pdf.
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