Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development

In 2013, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the government of Uruguay organized the First session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development. The meeting resulted in the approval of the Montevideo Consensus, which is a regional agenda with 120 measures to monitor the commitments adopted in the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).

The Consensus prioritizes eight issues:


1.  Full integration of population dynamics into sustainable development with equality and respect for human rights.
2.  Rights, needs, responsibilities, and requirements of girls, boys, adolescents and youth.
3.  Ageing, social protection and socioeconomic challenges.
4.  Universal access to sexual and reproductive health services.
5. Gender equality.
6.  International migration and protection of the human rights of all migrants.
7.  Territorial inequality, spatial mobility, and vulnerability.
8. Indigenous peoples: interculturalism and rights
9.  Afro-descendants: rights and combating racial discrimination