49th Session of the Commission on Population and Development, United Nations, New York

From 11th to 15th April 2016, Dr. Reiko Hayashi, Director of Department of International Research and Cooperation of IPSS, attended the 49th Session of the Commission on Population and Development, held in the Headquarter of United Nations in New York, U.S.A. This year's theme was “Strengthening the demographic evidence base for the post-2015 development agenda”. The country statement on the Japan's experience in the field of population and development, delivered by Dr. Hayashi is found here.

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