Kenya Action Plan for Implementation of ICPD25 Kenya Country Commitments

The Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 was held from 12th to 14th November 2019 at theKenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi with the objective of getting the United Nations member states to recommit themselves to the Programme of Action (PoA) that was agreed on during the landmark International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in 1994 in Cairo, Egypt. The specific objectives of the Nairobi Summit were:

• To obtain strong political commitment for the validity of the Cairo ICPD agenda;
• To create political and fi nancial momentum to advance the ICPD agenda, as an indispensable part of Agenda 2030. This targets to reduce (at a minimum) preventable maternal mortality, unmet need for family planning and eliminating violence against women and harmful practices; and
• To offer an inclusive platform for a broad range of member states and other stakeholders to come together around the universally applicable principle of rights and choices for all.

At the Nairobi Summit, a total of 132 countries from all continents presented their renewed commitments focused on the following fi ve thematic areas of the Summit; Sexual reproductive health, Financing momentum, Demographic diversity, Gender based violence and harmful practices, and Sexual reproductive health service provision in humanitarian and fragile settings. Kenya developed 17 commitments which were presented at the Summit by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta on behalf of the country. It is on the basis of these 17 commitments that this action plan for the implementation of the Kenya Country Commitments was developed.