ARHA provides secretariat support for the All
Party Parliamentary Group on Population and Development. The main objectives
of the group are to:-
- provide
a forum for discussion by MPs and Senators on population, development
and reproductive health issues;
- hold
general meetings, open to all Members and Senators on issues of interest;
- arrange
meetings andseminars for both parliamentarians and others to hear
prominent experts on these issues;
- facilitate
study tours to developing countries to improve understanding on family
planning and reproductive health programs and projects;
- encourage
the establishment of contacts with similar parliamentary groups world-wide;
- have
consultations and briefing with relevant NGOs and AusAID;
- participate
in national, international and UN conferences on population, development,
reproductive health and allied issues;
- provide
briefings on population, family planning, reproductive health and
allied issues; and
- promote
the implementation of all of the aims of the 1994 Cairo Programme
of Action.
The
Members of the Executive Committee of the All Party Parliamentary Group
on Population and Development are:
Chair
- The Honourable Dr Brendan Nelson MP, Minister for Education, Science
and Training and Member for Bradfield
Vice
Chair - Senator Meg Lees, Senator for South Australia
Vice
Chair - Ms Ann Corcoran, MP, Member for Isaacs
Hon
Sec - Senator Marise Payne, Senator for New South Wales
Contact
Details - Ms Dianne Proctor
on 02 62874422