We the Members of Parliament from all regions of the world, met in Ottawa, Canada, on 22-23 October 2018 to participate in the seventh International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation (IPCI) of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), which comes at a significant time amidst preparations to mark the 25th Anniversary of the 1994 ICPD Cairo conference.
We note that while progress has been made by our countries towards the achievement of the goals and objectives of the ICPD, challenges remain to implement fully the Programme of Action and achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030.
We are concerned that despite the gains made in the past 24 years, these gains have not been experienced equally by all, and that there is a rising inequality within populations where a considerable number of people continue to live in conditions of extreme poverty, without the fulfillment of their human rights and fundamental freedoms. We recognize that the provision of sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning, leads to a country’s social and economic progress.
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Afghanistan
Hon. Golalai Nur Safi. MP
Andorra
Hon. Rosa Gili Casals, MP
Antigua and Barbuda
Sen. Shawn Nicholas
Argentina
Hon. Brenda Austin, MP
Armenia
Hon. Narek Zeynalyan, MP
Australia
Hon. Ann Sudmalis, MP
Austria
Hon. Petra Bayr, MP
Hon. Martha Bissmann, MP
Azerbaijan
Hon. Shahin Ismayilov, MP
Belgium
Hon. Sabien Battheu, MP
Hon. Georges Dallemagne, MP
Hon. Petra De Sutter, MEP
Hon. Jean-Jacques Flahaux, MP
Hon. Cécile Thibaut, MP
Benin
Hon. Sofiatou Schanou, MP
Burkina Faso
Hon. Blaise Dala, MP
Hon. Goakun Rossa Noel Toe, MP
Hon. Maimouna Ouedraogo, MP
Hon. Léonce Zagre, MP
Hon. Rose Marie Compaore Konditambe, MP
Hon. Yahaya Zoungrana, MP
Hon. Yenignia Bangou, MP
Hon. Joseph Sama, MP
Hon. Boukary Barry, MP
Hon. Zignodo Salimata Konate Ouattara, MP
Hon. Zinakou Alfred Zanze, MP
Hon. Mamata Tiendrebeogo, MP
Hon. Luc Ye, MP
Hon. Fatimata Korbeogo Oueadrogo, MP
Hon. Roger Dima, MP
Hon. Moussa Zerbo
Cameroon
Hon. Tchiouto Haman, MP
Hon. Marie-Rose Nguini Effa, MP
Canada
Ziad Aboultaif, MP
Hon. Carolyn Bennett
Hon. Bardish Chagger
Pam Damoff, MP
Hon. Kirsty Duncan
Hon. Hedy Fry, MP
Stephanie Kusie, MP
Irene Mathyssen, MP
Senator Marilou McPhedran
Hon. Maryam Monsef
Christine Moore, MP
Hon. Dan Vandal, MP
Karen Vecchio, MP
Central African Republic
Hon. Timoleon Mbaikoua, MP
Chad
Hon. Issa Mardo Djabir, MP
Comoros
Hon. Hadjira Oumouri, MP
Congo
Hon. Charlotte Opimbat, MP
Costa Rica
Hon. Nielsen Pérez Pérez, MP
Hon. Paola Viviana Vega Rodriguez, MP
Cote D’Ivoire
Sen. Ouattara Bakary
Hon. Alain Lobognon, MP
Croatia
Hon. Bojan Glašević, MP
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Hon. Pierre César Edumbadumba, MP
Ecuador
Hon. Dallyana Passailaigue Manosalvas, MP
Egypt
Hon. Hala Abouali, MP
El Salvador
Hon. Josue Godoy, MP
Hon. Maria Elizabeth Gomez Perla, MP
Estonia
Hon. Barbi-Jenny Pilvre Storgard, MP
Finland
Hon. Saara Hyrkkö, MP
Hon. Hanna Sarkkinen, MP
Hon. Heli Jarvinen, MP
France
Hon. Marie-Noëlle Battistel, MP
Hon. Pierre Cabaré, MP
Hon. Guillaume Gouffier-Cha, MP
Gambia
Hon. Ousman Sillah, MP
Germany
Hon. Norbert Neuser, MEP
Ghana
H.E. William Kwasi Sabi, MP
Hon. Dr. Abdul Rashid Hassan Pelpuo
Hon. Robert Kuganab-Lem, MP
Hon. Alexander Kodwo Kom Abban, MP
Hon. Kwabena Twum-Nuamah, MP
Hon. Elvis Morris Donkoh, MP
Hon. Ali Maiga Halidu, MP
Hon. Patrick Boakye-Yiadom, MP
Hon. Ekow Hayford, MP
Hon. Abena Durowaa Mensah, MP
Hon. Suleman Adamu Sanid, MP
Hon. Samuel Nartay George, MP
Hon. Charles Agbeve, MP
Hon. Alhassan Umar, MP
Hon. Tampi Simon Acheampong, MP
Hon. Sebastian Ngmenenso Sandaare, MP
Grenada
Hon. Delma Cherry-Ann Thomas, MP
Guatemala
Hon. Delia Emilda Bac Alvarado, MP
Hon. Sandra Nineth Moran Reyes, MP
Guinea
Hon. Sidiki Cisse, MP
Guyana
H.E. Nicolette Henry, MP
Haiti
Sen. Dieudonne Luma Etienne
Honduras
Hon. Welsy Vasquez, MP
India
Hon. Krit Premjibhai Solanki, MP
Hon. Viplove Thakur, MP
Indonesia
Sen. Ermalena Muslim Hasbullah
Ireland
Sen. Lorraine Clifford-Lee
Sen. Catherine Noone
Sen. Alice Mary Higgins
Italy
Hon. Laura Boldrini, MP
Jamaica
H.E. Alando Terrelonge, MP
Jordan
Hon. Khamis Atieh, MP
Hon. Wafa’ Saeed Yacoub Bani Mustafa, MP
Hon. Sawsan A.A. Majali, MP
Kazakhstan
Hon. Zauresh Amanzholova, MP
Kenya
Hon. Paul Abuor, MP
Hon. Samuel Atandi, MP
Hon. Mark Nyamita, MP
Kyrgyzstan
Hon. Aida Ismailova, MP
Lebanon
Hon. Samy Gemayel, MP
Lesotho
Hon. Moeshoeshoe Fako, MP
Hon. Makholu Moeshoeshoe, MP
Hon. Tsepang Mosena, MP
Liberia
Hon. Larry P. Younquoi, MP
Lithuania
Hon. Dovilė Šakalienė, MP
Madagascar
Sen. Pierrot Rajaonarivelo
Malawi
Hon. Paul Chibingu, MP
Hon. Davie Kadzinja, MP
Malaysia
Hon. Ahmad Fahmi Mohamed Fadzil, MP
Mali
Hon. Mamedi Sidibé, MP
Mexico
Sen. Indira Kempis
Sen. Martha Lucía Mícher Camarena
Mongolia
Hon. Dr. Undraa Agvaanluvsan
Morocco
Hon. Touriya Faraj, MP
Netherlands
Hon. Isabelle Diks, MP
New Zealand
Hon. Dr. Elizabeth Craig
Niger
Hon. Ali Mariama Elhadj Ibrahim, MP
Nigeria
Hon. Mohammad Mahmud, MP
Peru
Hon. Indira Huilca Flores, MP
Philippines
Hon. Teodoro Jr. Baguilat, MP
Hon. Tomasito Villarin, MP
Poland
Hon. Joana Scheuring-Wielgus, MP
Portugal
Hon. Angela Guerra, MP
Hon. Sandra Pereira, MP
Hon. Catarina Marcelino Rosa da Silva, MP
Hon. Maria Antonia de Almeida Santos, MP
Romania
Senator Florian Dorel Bodog
Rwanda
Sen. Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo
Saint Kitts and Nevis
H.E. Hazel Brandy-Williams, MP
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
H.E. Frederick Stephenson, MP
Senegal
Hon. Papa Babou Ndiaye, MP
Hon. Mously Diakhate, MP
Hon. Saido Diakhate, MP
Hon. Woury Baïlo Diallo, MP
Hon. Mamadou Diaw, MP
Hon. Demba Keita, MP
Hon. Aboubacry Ngaide, MP
Hon. Cheikh Seck, MP
Hon. Juliette Paule Zingan
Hon. Ndeye Fatou Guisse, MP
Hon. Mariame Sakho, MP
Hon. Tening Diao, MP
Hon. Marie Louise Diouf, MP
Hon. Fatou Sene N°1, MP
Hon. Fatou Sene N°2, MP
Hon. Khadidiatou Diallo, MP
Hon. Rokheya Diaw, MP
Hon. Aissatou Sissokho, MP
Hon. Na Diakhanco Sane, MP
Hon. Fatim Sall, MP
Hon. Oulimata Mane, MP
Hon. Amy Ndiaye, MP
Hon. Fatma Diop, MP
Hon. Dieh Mandiaye Ba, MP
Hon. Seydou Dianko, MP
Hon. Madické Diaw, MP
Hon. Kory Ndiaye, MP
Hon. Sana Kande, MP
Hon. Bineta Seck, MP
Hon. Boubacar Villiemmbo Biaye, MP
Hon. Bounama Sall, MP
Hon. Mame Diarra Fam, MP
Hon. Aïssatou Sabara, MP
Hon. Awa Seck Niang, MP
Hon. Famara Sarr, MP
Hon. Papa Madiop Diop, MP
Hon. Ndeye Fatou Ndiaye, MP
Hon. Aminata Kante, MP
Hon. Aboubacry Diallo, MP
Hon. Demba Babael Sow, MP
Hon. Licka Ba, MP
Hon. Khady Ba, MP
Hon. Anna Poubaye Gomis, MP
Hon. Mariama Badiane, MP
Hon. Aminata Diaw, MP
Hon. Marieme Gueye, MP
Hon. Coumba Baldé, MP
Hon. Adama Kadam, MP
Hon. Yacine Ndao, MP
Hon. Dieynaba Sene, MP
Hon. Aminata Gueye, MP
Hon. Aymerou Gningue, MP
Sierra Leone
Hon. Festus Mohamed Lasana, MP
South Sudan
Hon. Majur Babur Ajal, Transitional National Legislative Assembly
Spain
Hon. Iñigo Iturrate Ibarra, MP (Basque Parliament)
Hon. Martin Eusebio Barra Lopez, MP
Hon. Aurora Madaula, MP (Catalan Parliament)
Sen. José Antonio Rubio Mielgo
State of Palestine
Hon. Sahar Alqawasmi, MP
Hon. Mustafa Barghouti, MP
Sweden
Hon. Ulrika Karlsson, MP
Tajikistan
Hon. Khayriniso Yusufi, MP
Thailand
Hon. Jetn Sirathranont, MP
Togo
Hon. Manavi Isabelle Djigbodi Ameganvi, MP
Tunisia
Hon. Souhail El Alouini, MP
Hon. Chahida Frej Bouraoui, MP
Turkey
Hon. Ceyda Bölünmez, MP
Hon. Öznur Çalık, MP
Hon. İlknur İnceöz, MP
Uganda
H.E. Chris Baryomunsi, MP
Hon. Daniel Mpamizo Muheirwe, MP
Hon. Beatrice Rwakimari, MP
Ukraine
Hon. Iryna Lutsenko, MP
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Hon. Virenda Sharma, MP
Baroness Jenny Tonge
Hon. John Mann, MP
United Republic of Tanzania
Hon. Jamal Kassim Ali, MP
Hon. Sebastian Simon Kapufi, MP
Uruguay
Hon. Macarena Gelman, MP
Zambia
Hon. Dr Christopher Kalila, MP
Hon. Princess Kasune, MP
Hon. Dr Jonas Chanda, MP
Hon. Listed Tembo, MP
Hon. Attractor Chisangano, MP
Hon. Charles Mambwe Chalwe, MP
Hon. Mwalimu Simfukwe, MP
Hon. Fred Chaatila, MP
Hon. Ambrose Lufuma, MP
Hon. Peter Phiri, MP
Hon. Stanley Kakubo, MP
Hon. Raphael Nakachinda, MP
Hon. Jacob Siwale, MP
Hon. Tutwa Sandani Ngulube, MP
Hon. Maxas Joel Bweupe Ng’onga, MP
Hon. Joseph Kabamba, MP
Hon. Leaky Kintu, MP
Hon. Mbololwa Subulwa, MP
Hon. Sheal Mulyata, MP
Hon. Mundia Ndalamei, MP
Hon. Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane, MP
Hon. Dr. Sebastian Kopulande, MP
Hon. Mr. Derrick Livune, MP
Hon. Darius Mumba, MP
Zimbabwe
Hon. Goodlucky Kwaramba, MP
Hon. Ruth Labode, MP