Population Division - 2003

Workshop on HIV/AIDS and adult mortality in developing countries

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Monday, 08 September 2003 - 10:00am to Saturday, 13 September 2003 - 6:00pm

Overview

The Workshop on HIV/AIDS and Adult Mortality in Developing Countries, that the Population Division will hold at United Nations Headquarters from 8 to 13 September 2003, is a unique combination of a technical meeting and a training activity for African population specialists working in the area of HIV/AIDS in some of the countries most affected by the epidemic. The Workshop is one of the main components of the Development Account Training programme on the Demographic Impact of AIDS in Africa. About 20 trainees, most of whom are working currently in national statistical offices and or in the AIDS coordination bodies of African countries, will attend the Workshop. The objectives of this training activity are to give African trainees a good understanding of the broad demographic aspects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, including methodological and data quality issues, and to make them aware of the crucial importance of adopting effective ways to communicate the results of research on population and HIV/AIDS.

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Organization of work

Part I: Technical discussions
Monday, 8 September
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	I. Opening of the workshop II. Adult mortality trends and their measurement Mortality in the world: an overview Presenter: Francois Pelletier Adult mortality in the developing world: what we know and how we know it Presenter: Kenneth Hill
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	III. The AIDS epidemic and its impact A history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic with emphasis on Africa Presenter: Nicholas Grassly The impact of HIV/AIDS on mortality Presenter: Cheryl Sawyer
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.	IV. Regional overviews of mortality trends and the impact of HIV/AIDS Adult mortality in the era of HIV/AIDS: Sub-Saharan Africa Presenter: Sam Clark Adult mortality in the era of HIV/AIDS: The Arab countries of Western Asia and Northern Africa Presenter: Samir Farid
Tuesday, 9 September
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	IV. Regional overviews of mortality trends and the impact of HIV/AIDS - continued Adult mortality in the era of HIV/AIDS: Asia Presenter: Jacqueline Desbarats Adult mortality in the era of HIV/AIDS: Latin America and the Caribbean Presenter: Eduardo Arriaga Years of life expectancy lost to AIDS in the Americas Presenter: Manuel Vidaurre
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	V. HIV/AIDS and women Measuring and estimating maternal mortality in the era of HIV/AIDS Presenter: Kenneth Hill HIV/AIDS and women Presenter: Carolyn Hannan
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.	VI. HIV/AIDS and children Orphans and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa Presenter: Nicholas Grassly Measuring child mortality in AIDS-affected countries Presenter: Mary Mahy The effect of HIV on child mortality trends in sub-Saharan Africa Presenter: Sian Floyd
Wednesday, 10 September
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	VII. Projecting mortality in the era of AIDS The United Nations approach to the projection of HIV/AIDS and its impact on mortality Presenter: Thomas Buettner The future of adult mortality under the AIDS threat: estimating and projecting incidence; projecting mortality with HIV/AIDS Presenter: Peter O. Way
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	VIII. The development and policy dimensions of HIV/AIDS The HIV/AIDS epidemic and its social and economic implications Presenter: Victor Gaigbe-Togbe National responses to HIV/AIDS: A review of progress Presenter: Patience Stephens
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.	IX. Raising public awareness about HIV/AIDS Raising public awareness about HIV/AIDS in newspapers Presenter: Felicity Barringer, New York Times Raising public awareness about HIV/AIDS in television news Presenter: Richard Roth, CNN Raising public awareness about HIV/AIDS in the media Presenter: Susan Markham, DPI
Thursday, 11 September
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m	X. International responses to HIV/AIDS The role of UNDP in the international responses to HIV/AIDS Presenter: Monica Sharma The role of WHO in the international responses to HIV/AIDS Presenter: WHO representative (not confirmed)
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	XI. The Internet and HIV/AIDS Internet tools for HIV/AIDS research Presenter: Armindo Miranda
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.	XII. Overview of lessons learned during the workshop knowledge and limits about the HIV/AIDS epidemic panel
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.	XIII. Conclusions of Part I of the workshop Rapporteur XIV. Closing remarks on Part I of the workshop
Part II: Country-Level discussions on follow-up
Friday, 12 September
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	I. Making the demographic perspective count in the fight against HIV/AIDS: opportunities and constraints at country level Presenter: Armindo Miranda II. The UN Statistics Division – support for demographic and social statistics at national level Presenter: Jeremiah Banda
11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	III. The role of the UNFPA field offices in Africa Presenter: Akinyele Dairo
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	Country presentations Botswana Eritrea Ghana Kenya Lesotho
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m	Country presentations - continued Liberia Mali Namibia Nigeria Democratic Republic of Congo
Saturday, 13 September
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Country presentations - continued Sierra Leone South Africa Swaziland Uganda Zimbabwe
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.	IV. Summary of the country discussions and specific steps for follow-up
4:30 p.m – 5:00 pm	V. Closing of the workshop

Technical papers

Kenneth Hill. Adult mortality in the developing world: what we know and how we know it (UN/POP/MORT/2003/1)
UNAIDS and WHO. A history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic with emphasis on Africa (UN/POP/MORT/2003/2)
Pierre Ngom and Samuel Clark. Adult mortality in the era of HIV/AIDS: sub-Saharan Africa (UN/POP/MORT/2003/3)
Samir Farid. Adult mortality in the era of HIV/AIDS: The Arab countries of Western Asia and Northern Africa (UN/POP/MORT/2003/4)
Jacqueline Desbarats. Adult mortality in the era of HIV/AIDS: Asia (UN/POP/MORT/2003/5)
Eduardo Arriaga. Adult mortality in the era of HIV/AIDS: Latin America and the Caribbean (UN/POP/MORT/2003/6)
Manuel Vidaurre, Enrique Loyola, Jaume Canela-Soler, John Silvi and Carlos Castillo-Salgado. Years of life expectancy lost to AIDS in the Americas (UN/POP/MORT/2003/7)
Wendy Graham and Julia Hussein. Measuring and estimating maternal mortality in the era of HIV/AIDS (UN/POP/MORT/2003/8)
Nicholas C. Grassly and Ian M. Timaeus. Orphans and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa (UN/POP/MORT/2003/9)
Basia Zaba, Milly Marston and Sian Floyd. The effect of HIV on child mortality trends in sub-Saharan Africa (UN/POP/MORT/2003/10)
Peter O. Way. The future of adult mortality under the AIDS threat: estimating and projecting incidence; projecting mortality with HIV/AIDS (UN/POP/MORT/2003/11)
Population Division. The HIV/AIDS epidemic and its social and economic implications (UN/POP/MORT/2003/12)
Population Division. National responses to the HIV/AIDS: A review of progress (UN/POP/MORT/2003/13)
Population Division. The impact of HIV/AIDS on mortality (UN/POP/MORT/2003/14)
Mary Mahy, UNICEF. Measuring child mortality in AIDS-affected countries (UN/POP/MORT/2003/15)
Carolyn Hannan. Women and HIV/AIDS (UN/POP/MORT/2003/16)

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Second coordination meeting on international migration

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Wednesday, 15 October 2003 - 10:00am to Thursday, 16 October 2003 - 6:00pm

Overview

The Population Division organized the second Coordination Meeting on International Migration that took place from 15 to 16 October 2003 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The purposes of the meeting were: (a) to share and exchange information in the area of international migration and (b) to facilitate the coordination of activities among various offices within the United Nations system and other relevant international and regional organizations as well as national institutions concerned with international migration. The meeting was the second in the series. The first Coordination Meeting, which took place at the United Nations Headquarters in July 2002, focused on issues related to the collection and exchange of information on international migration.

The Coordination Meeting comprised three items: (a) a review of recent debates on international migration at the United Nations Secretariat; (b) a discussion of selected current issues of international migration; and (c) an exchange of information among participating organizations on their recent activities related to international migration. In the first item, participants were informed of the increased saliency of international migration at the United Nations Secretariat. The item included a keynote presentation noting that the Secretary-General identified international migration as one of the global issues that the United Nations should pay more attention, while welcoming the establishment of the Global Commission on International Migration as an initiative taken by the Governments. The session also reviewed recent debates on international migration at the United Nations General Assembly.

The second item of the meeting was devoted to the discussion of three current topics of international migration: workers’ remittances, undocumented migration, with special attention to human trafficking, and the relationship between international migration and security. For each topic, presentations by experts and relevant organizations were followed by exchanges of ideas and relevant information among participants. The group saw that despite the growing attention that these issues have drawn, the understanding on the phenomena remains weak. Difficulty in obtaining the appropriate data and lack of standard concepts were common concerns raised by participants. Hence, the group called for better statistics and policy-oriented research on these aspects of international migration to devise a global strategy.

In the third item, representatives of participating organizations reported on their recent activities in the field of international migration. The wide range of activities presented by different organizations point to the fact that international migration has become an issue of central concern for the international community. Many organizations reported their new initiatives in data gathering, and their continuing efforts to improve the availability of data, especially by increasing collaboration with other offices that collect relevant data. The group also observed that efforts to create or expand the networks and dialogues among stakeholders in the field of international migration had grown. For example, the Geneva Migration Group was established in 2003 to bring together the heads of five international organizations active in the field of international migration. The League of Arab States convened in 2003 the first regional conference since 1990. Many organizations that participated in the meeting had also strengthened research activities on various aspects of migration as a means to gain a better understanding of the complex migration issues.

At the end of the meeting, participants reached several conclusions. Recognizing the usefulness of having open discussion among concerned organizations, participants agreed to continue convening coordination meetings at regular intervals. Participants also stressed the importance of continuing to work toward improving the availability and dissemination of timely, comparable and comprehensive information on international migration. With regard to the research agenda, participants expressed their willingness to assist Member States in their initiatives to investigate the issues in the area of international migration and development, and develop and test strategies that maximize the benefits of international migration on development. It was also agreed that collaboration among relevant organizations was crucial in the process of identifying and documenting best practices that could provide guidance in policy development.

Documents

Organization of work

Wednesday, 15 October 2003
10:00 – 13:00	Morning session I. Opening of the Meeting II. Keynote speech III. Review of the First Coordination Meeting IV. General Assembly debates on international migration: Secretary-General’s Report on International Migration and Development (A/58/98) Secretary-General’s Report on Globalization and Interdependence (A/58/394) International Forum for Social Development on International Migrants and Development
15:00 – 18:00	Afternoon session V. Presentation and discussion on workers’ remittances VI. Panel discussion on undocumented migration, with special attention to human trafficking VII. Presentation and discussion on international migration and security
Thursday, 16 October 2003
10:00 – 13:00	Morning session VIII. Review of activities on international migration related to the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), with particular attention to the issues of undocumented migration, workers’ remittances and security.
15:00 – 18:00	Afternoon session VIII. Continuation of Agenda Item VIII IX. Rapporteur’s report X. Conclusions and follow-up XI. Closing of the Meeting VIII. Closing of the meeting

Contributed papers

Division for the Advancement of Women, DESA, United Nations. Activities regarding the prevention of trafficking in women and girls.
United Nations Statistics Division, DESA, United Nations. Programme on the development of international migration statistics.
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations. Activities with regard to international migration.
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations. Activities in the area of international migration.
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, United Nations. International migration and development: past and present activities.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Activities of the Office of UNHCR.
United Nations Institute for Training and Research. Recent and future activities in the area of International Migration Policy Programme.
United Nations Population Fund. Support activities in the area of international migration.
International Organization for Migration. Migration policy and research activities.
League of Arab States. Report on the activities of the observatory of international migration in the Arab region (OIMAR).
United States Census Bureau. Migration statistics: Present and future.
Center for Migration Studies. Activities of the Center for Migration Studies.
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. IUSSP Activities in the field of international migration.
Metropolis Project. Activities of the Metropolis Project.
Migration Policy Institute. The Migration Policy Institute and international migration: Major initiatives.
Gallya Lahav. Migration and security: The role of non-state actors and civil liberties in liberal democracies.

Background documents

General Assembly documents

Report of the Secretary-General on the role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence (A/58/394) Section III.C.
Report of the Secretary-General on international migration and development (A/58/98)

General Assembly Resolutions

Resolution on International migration and development Adopted by The General Assembly (A/RES/58/208)

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Commission on Population and Development, thirty-sixth session (2003)

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Monday, 31 March 2003 - 10:00am to Friday, 04 April 2003 - 6:00pm

Population, education and development

Bureau members

Mr. Gediminas Šerkšnys (Lithuania) - Eastern-European Group (Chair)
Mr. Iftekhar Chowdhury (Bangladesh) - Asia-Pacific Group (Vice-Chair)
Mr. Crispin Grey-Johnson (Gambia) - African Group Vice-Chair)
Mr. Marc Bichler (Luxembourg) - Western European and Others Group (WEOG) Vice-Chair)
Mr. Alfredo Chuquihuara (Peru) - Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) Vice-Chair)

Report of the Commission on its thirty-sixth session

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