Committee Meetings

Domestic Advisory Committee

Annual Meeting on 15 December 2005

On 15 December 2005, the AUICK Domestic Advisory Committee held an annual meeting at the president's room of Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP), Tokyo.

The Secretariat reported the Annual Monitoring Tool (2005) and Annual Project Work Plan (2006) which the Secretariat is scheduled to submit to UNFPA shortly, as well as the minutes of the annual meeting which was held in Surabaya, Indonesia, on 3 December 2005.

Dr. Toshio Kuroda made a comment on the area of AUICK's current activities. While he appreciates the fact that UNFPA has been working so hard on reproductive health and HIV/AIDS as well as gender issues, he suggested that UNFPA return to its original mandate to deal with population issues in a broad sense. He requested that AUICK tackle with the original issues on how to address the policy implications of urban problems linked to population changes.

Dr. Kuroda stated that AUICK has been engaging in quite unique and marvellous activities with the support of a local government and an international organization, and has been contributing to the development of the medium-sized cities in Asia. He expressed his great appreciation for the contributions which have been made to the establishment and development of AUICK by the successive mayors and senior officials of the Kobe City Government who were quite active in promotion of international cooperation and exchange with Asian countries.

Member Attended

Toshio Kuroda
    Director Emeritus, Population Research Institute, Nihon University, and President of JOICFP