Fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference Report and Plan of Action on Population and Poverty

At the Fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference held in Bangkok in December 2002, ministers and senior officials from 35 countries adopted a Plan of Action calling for stepped-up efforts and increased resources to provide reproductive health care, combat AIDS and protect adolescents against unwanted or too-early pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease. All but one of the participating governments, members of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), fully reaffirmed their commitment to the Programme of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo.