§ Lord Juddasked Her Majesty's Government:
What progress they estimate has been made towards fulfilling the commitments made by governments at the 1994 Population and Development conference in Cairo.
§ Baroness Chalker of WallaseyMost developing country governments have now instituted national action plans to pursue the 1994 International Population and Development Conference (ICPD) commitments. The United Nations Commission on Population and Development will review global progress in 1999. The United Kingdom was one of few governments to make spending commitments at ICPD. The ODA's target of committing over £100 million over two years on at least 50 population and reproductive health projects was easily exceeded. Actual commitment over that period was £184 million on 112 new projects. All of Britain's health and population assistance, some 12 per cent. of the bilateral programme, contributes to efforts to meet the goals set out in the ICPD programme of action.