Forum of African and Arab
Parliamentarians on Population and Development / FAAPPD
Final Report
Fourth Conference for the Population and Development Committees in the Arab States members in the forum
3 - 5 December 2003
Rabat - Morocco
Papers
Seven papers were presented and discussed by the Arab Parliamentarians during this three-day meeting. These papers were based on the analysis of official data as well as on research. They are:
1. Report by H.E. the Secretary-General of the Forum of Arab and African Parliamentarians on Population and development;
2. The state of the Population in the Arab Countries;
3. Population and Poverty with emphasis on unemployment, internal migration, international migration, feminization of poverty—case of Morocco;
4. Report of the Regional Meeting on international Migration by the League of the Arab States;
5. Youth/Adolescents Reproductive Rights and reproductive and sexual health in the Arab World. Emphasis is on the Rights to information, self-determination (the right to choose) and quality/affordable/acceptable/ accessible services, maternal mortality and morbidity, obstetric emergency care, etc…
6. Review and assessment of the situation of Arab Women in the last five years; and
7. Review and assessment of the achievements of the implementation of ICPD/ICPD+5.