At its 20th plenary meeting, on 8 June 2022, the Economic and Social Council, recalling its resolution 2016/25 of 27 July 2016 and its decision 2017/260 of 7 July 2017, as well as General Assembly resolutions 52/188 of 18 December 1997, 65/234 of 22 December 2010 and 73/303 of 28 June 2019, decided that the Commission on Population and Development would revert to its traditional five-year cycle for the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development58 and its contribution to the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,59 as part of a multi-year work programme aligned with the main theme of the Council and the high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the Council, and invited the Assembly to hold a commemorative event in years when the Commission conducts a comprehensive review of the Programme of Action.
