The agreed historic Political Declaration was unanimously adopted at the beginning of the Commission of Population and Development (CPD) at the United Nations in New York, which takes place between 1-5 April 2019.
2019 marks the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development by 179 UN Member States in Cairo, Egypt in 1994.
"The political declaration shows that what unites us is stronger than what divides us. ICPD is a benchmark for certain truths on which we can all agree: No woman should die giving life. Individuals and couples should be able to choose whether or when to have children and how many they will have. No one should be subjected to gender-based violence."