Annex II. Nairobi summit ICPD25 commitments

• Author: Jeney, Petra; Cotroneo, Clara
• Pages: 53-57

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ANNEX II NAIROBI SUMMIT ICPD25 COMMITMENTS

Table 7: EU Member States’ commitments made at the Nairobi Summit 2019

EU Member

StateCommitment Title & descriptionMode of engagementTimeline

Belgium

1) Implementation of SRHR

programmes through bilateral

cooperation in 5 partner countries.

Belgium committed to continue

their engagement in reaching the

zero unmet needs.

The programs (Benin, Burkina Faso,

Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal) focus

mainly on SRHR and GBV

Commitment category 2

Programmatic acti ons.

Implementation of the

programmes that contributes

to the ICPD programme of

Action and focus on reducing

maternal mortality, promoting

family planning, promoting

family planning, promoting

adolescent sexual and

reproductive health and

combating sexual and gender-

based violence in 5 countries,

namely Benin, Burkina Faso,

Guinea, Rwanda and Senegal.

Benin, Burkina

Faso and Guinea

until 2023 and

Rwanda and

Senegal up until

2024.

2) Contribution to the objective of 0

sexual and gender based violence.

Belgian government commits to

keep on supporting a programme

existing in Democratic Republic of

Congo implementing a multi-

sectoral (medical, legal, socio-

economic and psychosocial care)

approach to combat sexual

violence.

2) Programmatic Action.

Keep on supporting the

programme already existing

for one more year.

2) The program

is set to run up

until the end of

2020

3) Promoting the rights of women

and girls by participation in the She

Decides Movement. Commitment

to keep on working with the

SheDecides movement, advocate

strongly for

women and girls to

decide for themselves

3) Policy and Guidance –

Advocacy to change the

rules

3) Policy and

Guidance –

Advocacy to

change the

rules

4) Ending child marriag e

Continue with the Financial support

Belgium brings to the joint

UNICEF/UNFPPA progr

amme ‘’

Ending Child Marriage’’

Commitment category 1

4) Financial Support – 2

million/year

4) 2020 and

2021

5) Predictable, unearmarked

support to UNFPA. Continuity

policy of support as before to the

Cairo Programme of Action and

particularly

support to UNFPA as

main partner. Commitment

category 1

5) Predictable and multiyear

funding

%) No date set