Commitment title:

Declaration of Commitment Toward accelerating the promise Arab-Asian Parliamentarians’ Meeting on Population and Development for ICPD+25 Morocco 19 September 2019

Commitment description:

We, members of parliaments from Arab and Asia regions, participating in the parliamentarian meeting on ICPD@25 in Morocco, 18-20 September 2019;
Taking into account the results, challenges and recommendations of the regional and global reviews of progress in the implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action, and
Noting that Nairobi Summit, celebrating ICPD@25 and UNFPA@50, signals an important phase to achieve the SDGs 2030” leaving no one behind”.
we commit to:
1.Legislate laws and formulate policies that enable conditions for reproductive and sexual health and reproductive rights for all;
2.Formulate and implement comprehensive socio-economic policies and programmes that allow both developed and developing countries to go through a balanced fertility transition for building a sustainable society;
3.Emphasize the importance of investment in youth, as the main actors for population, reproductive health, gender equality, economic and social development and environmental protection;
4.Continue to advocate for the full implementation of the ICPD promise of universal access to SRH services, as affirmed in the SDGs, as vital to deliver the vision for a world where preventable maternal deaths are fully eliminated, where unmet need for family planning is zero, where gender-based violence and harmful practices are eliminated, and where young people can live healthy and productive lives;
5.Ensure that the rights of all individuals are respected, protected and fulfilled as set forth in the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights;
6.Support initiation and enactment of legislation and policies that link national constitutions to the ICPD agenda with people's rights perspectives, health, education, planning and economic development;
7.Enact progressive laws, policies and programmes to prevent and protect all persons from discrimination, stigmatization and violence in public and private spheres;
Full text of Commitment can be submitted by APDA

Mode of engagement:

• Policy and guidance
  The Commitment document calls parliamentarians to strengthen and improve population related policies and guidance.