Introduction of the agenda and summary of findings of background papers |
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Agenda item 1. Opening of the Conference |
ESCAP Secretariat |
| Agenda item 2. Review of the progress and existing challenges in accelerating the implementation of the Regional Action Framework on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific | Ms. Kamni Naidu, Administrator General, Ministry of Justice, Fiji |
| Agenda item 3.The potential of the health sector to catalyse accelerated improvement in civil registration and vital statistics systems and the role of civil registration and vital statistics in the response to and recovery from the coronavirus disease pandemic | Dr Steve Mac Feely, Director, Data, Metrics and Analytics, WHO |
| Agenda item 4. Civil registration and vital statistics as an accelerator for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and ensuring no one is left behind | Ms. Terry Ferrari, Regional Leader, East Asia, World Vision International |
| Agenda item 5. Vital statistics production, dissemination and usage: harnessing civil registration data for decision-making | Mr. Romesh Silva, Technical Specialist – Health and Social Inequalities, Population and Development Branch, Technical Division, UNFPA |
| Agenda item 6. Implementing gender-sensitive civil registration and vital statistics systems through a life cycle approach | Ms. Sarah Knibbs, Officer-in-Charge, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |
| Aengda item 7. The relationship between civil registration, identity management and vital statistics, and their role in ensuring legal identity in Asia and the Pacific | Ms. Rachael Beaven, Director, Statistics Division, ESCAP |
| Agenda item 8. Other matters | |
| Agenda item 9. Opening of the ministerial segment | ESCAP Secretariat |
| Agenda item 10. Towards a shared vision of universal and responsive civil registration and vital statistics systems that facilitate the realization of rights and support good governance, health and development | Mr. Kaveh Zahedi, Deputy Executive Secretary, ESCAP |
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| Agenda item 11. The importance of civil registration and vital statistics and legal identity for all to accelerate progress on the 2030 Agenda | Ms. Debora Comini, UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia Pacific on behalf of the of UN Legal Identity Agenda Task Force: presentation of background paper |
| Agenda item 12. Other matters | |
| Agenda item 13. Adoption of the ministerial declaration | Ms. Suzilah Mohd Sidek, Deputy Chief of Mission and Permanent Representative of Malaysia to ESCAP |
| Agenda item 14. Adoption of the report of the Conference | |
