The 21st International Inter-Ministerial Conference on Population and Development took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from July 8 to 9, 2024. The Dhaka conference, themed “ICPD 30 – Moving Forward” was jointly organized by the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, PPD, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The primary goal was to leverage South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) to bolster support for the ICPD30 agenda, demographic change, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
DAY 1
Session One : Grand Opening
- Welcome Address by Dr. Ashrafi Ahmad, PCC of Bangladesh and Additional Secretary (Population, Family Welfare and Law), Medical Education and Family Welfare Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh.
[ VIDEO ] - Keynote Speech by Ms. Diene Keita, Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations; Deputy Executive Director – Programme, UNFPA.
[ VIDEO ] - Opening Speech by Prof. Mohamed Douagi, Secretary of PPD Board and President Director General, National Board of Family and Population, Ministry of Health, Government of Tunisia.
[ VIDEO ] - Statement by Hon. Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, Minister of Health, Government of The Gambia.
[ VIDEO ] - Statement by Hon. Dr. Seetha Kumari Arambepola, M.P., State Minister of Health, Government of Sri Lanka.
[ VIDEO ] - Statement by Hon. Dr. Yu Xuejun, Vice Chair of PPD Board; and Vice Minister, National Health Commission (NHC), Government China.
[ VIDEO ] - Statement by Hon. Mr. Sleiman Timios Kwidini, Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care, Government of Zimbabwe.
[ VIDEO ] - Statement by Hon. Mr. Amos Lugoloobi, Board Member of PPD; and Honorable Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Planning), Government of Uganda.
[ VIDEO ] - Closing Remark by Mr. S.M. Ahsanul Aziz, Joint Secretary (Population) and PPD Affairs Desk Officer at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of Bangladesh
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Session Two : Ministerial
- Opening Statement by the Session Chair Hon. Dr. Tarek Tawfik Amin, Deputy Minister of the Minister of Health for Population Affairs, Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
[ VIDEO ] - Keynote Speech by Dr. S K Sikdar, Former Advisor, RCH in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India
[ VIDEO ] [ PDF ] - Statement by Hon. Dr. Yu Xuejun, Vice-Chair, PPD Board and Vice Minister, National Health Commission (NHC), Government of the People’s Republic of China.
[ VIDEO ] - Statement by Hon. Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, Minister of Health, Government of The Gambia
[ VIDEO ] - Statement by Hon. Mr. Amos Lugoloobi, Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Uganda
[ VIDEO ] - Statement by Hon. Mr. Sleiman Timios Kwidini, Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care, Government of Zimbabwe
[ VIDEO ] - Statement by Prof. Mohamed Douagi, Secretary, PPD Board and President Director General, National Board for Family and Population, Ministry of Health, Government of Tunisia
[ VIDEO ] - Statement by Dr. Ahmed Ali Bourji, Member, PPD Board and Secretary General, Technical Secretariat, National Population Council, Council of Ministers, Republic of Yemen
[ VIDEO ] - Statement by Dr. Mohamed A. Sheikh, Board and Executive Committee Member of PPD and Director General
National Council for Population and Development (NCPD), Government of the Republic of Kenya
[ VIDEO ] - Statement by Dr. Kittipong Saejeng, Medical Officer, Advisory Level (Health Promotion), Department of Health
Representing Dr. Achara Nithi-aphinyasakul, Member, PPD Board and Director-General, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health, The Royal Thai Government
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Session Three: Achieving SRHR goals through SSTC
- Opening Statement by the Session Chair Hon. Mr. Sleiman Timios Kwidini, Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care, Government of Zimbabwe
[ VIDEO ] - Keynote Speech by Dr. Asa Torkelsson, Chief at UNFPA Seoul Representation Office
[ VIDEO ] - Presentation by Professor Dr. Halida Hanum Akhter, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
[ VIDEO ] [ PDF ] - Statement by Mrs. Malango Botomani, Director of Administration, Department of Economic Planning and Development, Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Government of Malawi
[ VIDEO ] - Statement by Dr. Vibhavendra Raghuyamshi, Chief of Health, UNFPA, Bangladesh
[ VIDEO ] - Presentation by Dr. Ukik Kusuma Kurniawan, Head of PULIN BKKBN, Government of the Republic of Indonesia.
[ VIDEO ] [ PDF ] - Statement by Dr. Sabina Faiz Rashid, Professor at BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
[ VIDEO ] - Presentation by Dr. Thierry O. LAWALE, Director of Mother and Child Health, Government of Government of the Republic of Benin
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Session Four: Leveraging SSTC for Universal Health Coverage
- Opening Remarks by Session Chair Hon. Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, Minister of Health, Government of The Gambia
[ VIDEO ] - Presentation by Dr. Ashrafi Ahmad, PCC of Bangladesh and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh.
[ VIDEO ] [ PDF ] - Presentation by Dr. Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane GUEYE, Senior Technical Advisor, International Cooperation, Ministry of Health and Social Action, Government of the Republic of Senegal
[ VIDEO ] [ PDF ] - Statement by Ms. Mary Gyasi, Officer in Charge of Policy, Planning and Program National Population Council (NPC), Ghana
[ VIDEO ] - Statement by Dr Abdellah TALEB, Ministry of Health – Morocco
[ VIDEO ] - Statement by Ms. Zemzem Mohammed, Head of National Maternal Health Program, Ministry of Health, Ethiopia
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Session Five: Demographic Dividend and Sustainable Development
- Opening Remarks by Session Chair Hon. Mr. Amos Lugoloobi, Member, PPD Board and Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Planning), Government of the Republic of Uganda
[ VIDEO ] - Keynote Presentation by Dr. Mohamed A. Sheikh, Board and Executive Committee Member of PPD and Director General, National Council for Population and Development (NCPD), Kenya
[ VIDEO ] [ PDF ] - Statement by Dr. TANG Mengjun, Research Fellow, Division Chief of Department of International Cooperation, China Population and Development Research Center (CPDRC), China
[ VIDEO ] - Presentation by Mr. Luong Quang Dang, Deputy Chief of Office, National Steering Committee for Population and Development, Government of Social Republic of Viet Nam
[ VIDEO ] [ PDF ] - Presentation by Dr. T.V. Sekher, Professor & Head, Department of Family & Generations International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, India
[ VIDEO ] [ PDF ] - Statement by Professor Dr. Mohammad Mainul Islam, Department of Population Science, Dhaka University, Bangladesh
[ VIDEO ] - Statement by Ms. Mariama Fanneh, PCC of the Gambia and Director of Population Affairs, Office of the Vice President, Government of the Republic of the Gambia
[ VIDEO ] - Presentation by Dr. Sekou Amadou TRAORE, Director of Population, National Direction of Population S/C the minister in charge of population questions, Mali
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DAY 2
Session Six: Innovation, Technology and Data through SSTC
- Keynote Presentation by Dr. Denis Nkala, Chief, Intergovernmental and UN Systems Affairs, United Nations Office of South South Cooperation (UNOSSC)
[ VIDEO ] [ PDF ] - Statement by Dr. Asa Torkelsson, Chief at UNFPA Seoul Representation Office
[ VIDEO ] - Statement by Dr. Shabnam Mostari, Public Health Specialist and Head of Smart Health Accelerator, a2i (Aspire to Innovate), Bangladesh
[ VIDEO ] - Presentation by Dr. Nompumelelo Nzimande, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
[ VIDEO ] [ PDF ] - Statement by Dr. Ubaidur Rob, Chairman, Streams Teach, Former Country Director, Population Council, Dhaka, Bangladesh
[ VIDEO ] - Statement by Ms. Irene Ashikhongo Muhunzu, PCC of Kenya and Assistant Director, National Council for Population and Development (NCPD), Government of Kenya
[ VIDEO ] [ PDF ] - Statement by Dr. Betty Kyaddondo, PCC of Uganda and Director of Family Health Department, National Population Council (NPC), Government of the Republic of Uganda
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Session Seven: Resource Mobilization in the Context of South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC)
- Keynote Speech by Dr. Asa Torkelsson, Chief at UNFPA Seoul Representation Office
[ VIDEO ] - Presentation by Hon. Mr. Heru Hartanto Subolo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
[ VIDEO ] [ PDF ] - Statement by Dr. Denis Nkala, Chief, Intergovernmental and UN Systems Affairs, United Nations Office of South South Cooperation (UNOSSC)
[ VIDEO ] - Presentation by Dr Ahmed Al Kabir, President, RTM International, Formerly Chief of Party, JSI and Chairman Rupali Bank, Bangladesh
[ VIDEO ] [ PDF ] - Presentation by Mr. Fethi Ben Messaoud, International Consultant and Former Government Official of Tunisia
[ VIDEO ] [ PDF – English ] [ PDF – French ] - Presentation by Prof. Joseph Akinkugbe Adelegan, Professor at University of Venda, South Africa
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Session Eight: Closing Ceremony
- Statement by Mr. Oliver Zambuko, Officer-in-Charge, Partners in Population and Development (PPD)
[ VIDEO ] - Dhaka Declaration Presented by Hon. Dr. Tarek Tawfik Amin, Deputy Minister of the Minister of Health for Population Affairs, Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt
[ VIDEO ] - Remark by Prof. Dr. A F M Ruhal Haque, MP, Chairman, Standing Committee on Ministry of Social Welfare, and, Former Minister, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of Bangladesh
[ VIDEO ] - Remark by Dr. Mohamed A. Sheikh, Board and Executive Committee Member of PPD and Director General
National Council for Population and Development (NCPD), Government of the Republic of Kenya
[ VIDEO ] - Remark by Hon. Dr. Rokeya Sultana, State Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh
[ VIDEO ] - Vote of Thanks by Prof. Mohamed Douagi, President Director General, National Board of Family and Population, Ministry of Health, Government of Tunisia, and Secretary of PPD Board
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:: DHAKA DECLARATION ( English + French )
:: Photo Gallery