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High-level Meeting on the Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok, 10-11 December 2012
Last updated: 19 February 2013
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Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Executive Secretary of ESCAP
with Mom Luang Panadda Diskul, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior of the
Royal Thai Government (Photo Credit: ESCAP/SCAS)

The Make Every Life Count High-level Meeting on the Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) in Asia and the Pacific took place on 10-11 December 2012, immediately before the Third Session of the Committee on Statistics (12-14 December 2012). The Meeting was hosted by ESCAP and the World Health Organization (WHO) and co-organized with 18 additional partners (see below).

The High-level Meeting introduced the Make Every Life Count initiative to improve CRVS in Asia and the Pacific and reviewed the political, institutional and resource challenges facing member States in improving their CRVS systems. The Meeting aimewith the aim of reaching consensus around the key actions needed to enhance these systems in the region.

The High-level Meeting established consensus on a draft Regional Strategic Plan containing country actions and regional support activities from development partners that allow governments to take the necessary steps to strengthen their CRVS systems . This consensus will lay a solid foundation for future steps in the Make Every Life Count initiative.

Importantly, the High-level Meeting opened on the International Human Rights Day (10 December), presenting an ideal opportunity to highlight how civil registration and vital statistics systems significantly help safeguard human rights.

Meeting Documents
Outcome document

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Outcome Document: "Well-functioning civil registration and vital statistics systems in Asia and the Pacific by 2020"
Version: 19 February 2013 FINAL VERSION

Important documents

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Meeting Programme
Version: 20 December 2012 UPDATED

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Draft Regional Strategic Plan for the Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific
Version: 3 December 2012

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Participant list
Meeting presentations

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Slideshows presented at the High-level Meeting are available to view or download from our SlideShare account

Background and supporting documents

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CRVS Investment Case Report

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Overview of efforts to improve civil registration and vital statistics in the Asia-Pacific Region

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Under the Radar and Under Protected: The Urgent Need to Address Stateless Children’s Rights (UNHCR and Plan International)

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Report of the Regional Workshop on Statelessness and the Rights of Women and Children, 18-19 November 2011, Manila, Philippines (UNHCR and AICHR)

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Pacific Vital Statistics Action Plan (2011-2014) Outline Document (SPC)

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Achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals in the Western Pacific Region (WHO Western Pacific Regional Office)

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Administrative Data Sources for Compiling Millennium Development Goals and Related Indicators (ADB)

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Improving the quality of birth, death and cause-of-death information: guidance for a standards-based review of country practices (University of Queensland HISHub)

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Advocating for civil registration: guide to developing a business case for civil registration systems (University of Queensland HISHub)

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RESOURCE KIT: Strengthening civil registration and vital statistics for births, deaths and causes of death – Pre-press version (University of Queensland HISHub)

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Rapid assessment of national civil registration and vital statistics systems (University of Queensland HISHub)

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Strategic planning to strengthen civil registration and vital statistics systems: Guidance for using findings from a comprehensive assessment (University of Queensland HISHub)

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Age Assessment Practises: A literature review and annotated bibliography (UNICEF)

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Birth registration and armed conflict (UNICEF)

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Good practices in integrating birth registration into health systems (2000-2009) – Case studies: Bangladesh, Brazil, The Gambia and Delhi, India (UNICEF)

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The State of the World's Children 2012: Children in an urban world (UNICEF)

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Make Every Life Count song lyrics

 
Partners
  • United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) – co-host
  • World Health Organization (WHO) – co-host and main donor
  • Asia-Pacific Regional Coordination Mechanism Thematic Working Group on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
  • Health Metrics Network (HMN)
  • International Organization for Migration (IOM) Asia and Pacific Regional Office
  • Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
  • Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21)
  • Plan International
  • Royal Thai Government (Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Public Health and National Statistical Office)
  • Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
  • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Asia-Pacific Regional Centre
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Bangkok
  • United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN)
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  • United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
  • United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
  • University of Queensland: Health Information System Knowledge Hub (HISHub)

If you have any questions, you can get in contact at stat.unescap@un.org .

 
   
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