Programme - 3rd Ministerial Conference

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MORNING

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AFTERNOON

Sub-regional and sectoral forums

Monday, 23 June 2025 (associated events)

09:00-12:00

Sub-regional forums:

  • Pacific Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Practitioners (Concept note | Flyer | MR-A)
  • A Lifecycle Approach to Legal Identity: South Asia Regional Consultation (Concept note | Flyer | MR-G)
  • Inclusivity in CRVS: Leaving No One Behind (South-East Asia) (Concept note | Flyers | MR-H)
  • Sub-Regional Forum for North and Central Asia (Concept note | Flyer | CR-4)

12:00-14:00

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14:00-17:00

Sectoral forums:

  • The potential of population registers and register-based censuses – Experiences from Indonesia, Mongolia, Norway, Türkiye and Uruguay (Concept note | Flyer | MR-G)
  • Enabling the health sector contribution to death registration and fundamental role in improving cause-of death reporting (Concept note | Flyer | MR-H)
  • Inclusive, Resilient, and Digital Civil Registration: A Foundation for Trusted Digital Identity and Digital Public Infrastructure (Concept note | Flyer | MR-A)

Senior officials segment

DAY 1: Tuesday, 24 June 2025

09:00-12:00 
(ESCAP HALL)
(UN Web TV | YouTube: Floor | 中文 | English | Français | Русский)

1. Opening of the senior official segment

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[/1 Provisional agenda: 中文 | English | Français | Русский]
[/1 Annotated provisional agenda: 中文 | English | Français | Русский]

GROUP PHOTO

2. Achievements and challenges after a decade of getting every one in the picture

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[/2 Progress made on civil registration and vital statistics in Asia and the Pacific after a decade of getting every one in the picture: 中文 | English | Français | Русский]
[/3 Support provided by development partners to improve civil registration and vital statistics systems during the Asian and Pacific Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Decade, 2015–2024: 中文 | English | Français | Русский]

12:00-12:45

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12:45-13:45
Side events

14:00-15:30
(ESCAP HALL)
(UN Web TV | YouTube: Floor | 中文 | English | Français | Русский)

2. Achievements and challenges after a decade of getting every one in the picture (cont.)

15:30-17:00

3. Building resilient and inclusive civil registration and vital statistics systems in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable development

  • Panel discussion on "Building resilient civil registration and vital statistic systems in an era of crises" (Concept note)

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[/4 Building resilient civil registration and vital statistics systems: 中文 | English | Français | Русский]
[/5 Ensuring that every one is in the picture through inclusive civil registration and vital statistics systems: 中文English | Français | Русский]

17:30-19:00
Evening reception and publication launch: "Ending Statelessness Together" 
(Hosted by the Royal Thai Government, UNHCR and Vital Strategies | Venue: Delegates' Lounge Level 2, UNCC (in front of ESCAP Hall and Conference room 2) | Invitation card)

All Day

DAY 2: Wednesday, 25 June 2025

09:00-12:00
(ESCAP HALL)
(UN Web TV | YouTube: Floor | 中文 | English | Français | Русский)

3. Building resilient and inclusive civil registration and vital statistics systems in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (cont.)

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[/4 Building resilient civil registration and vital statistics systems: 中文English | Français | Русский]
[/5 Ensuring that every one is in the picture through inclusive civil registration and vital statistics systems: 中文 | English | Français | Русский]

12:00-12:45

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12:45-13:45
Side events

15:45-17:00
(Roundtables are in-person only)

Ministerial roundtables:

  • Harnessing the Health Sector to close Birth and Death Registration Gaps (Concept note | MR-H)
  • Legal Identity as a catalyst for Good Governance and inclusive Services (Concept note | MR-G)
  • Securing Sustainable Investment for the Digital Future of CRVS (Concept note | MR-A)

17.30-18.30
Evening reception and launch of CRVS eLearning course
(Hosted by World Bank | Venue: District M, Centara Life Hotel Bangkok Phra Nakhon | Invitation Card)

All Day

Ministerial segment

DAY 3: Thursday, 26 June 2025

09:00-12:00
(ESCAP HALL)
(UN Web TV | YouTube: Floor | 中文 | English | Français | Русский)

4. Opening of the ministerial segment

GROUP PHOTO

5. Towards the shared vision of universal and responsive civil registration and vital statistics

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[/2 Progress made on civil registration and vital statistics in Asia and the Pacific after a decade of getting every one in the picture: 中文 | English | Français | Русский]
[/3 Support provided by development partners to improve civil registration and vital statistics systems during the Asian and Pacific Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Decade, 2015–2024: 中文English | Français | Русский]
[/4 Building resilient civil registration and vital statistics systems: 中文 | English | Français | Русский]
[/5 Ensuring that every one is in the picture through inclusive civil registration and vital statistics systems: 中文 | English | Français | Русский]

12:00-12:45
(issuance of report at 12:00)
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12:45-13:45
Side events

14:00-17:00
(ESCAP HALL)
(UN Web TV | YouTube: Floor | 中文 | English | Français | Русский)

6. Other matters

7. Adoption of the ministerial declaration

[/L.2 Draft ministerial declaration on a decade of action for inclusive and resilient civil registration and vital statistics in Asia and the Pacific: 中文 | English | Français | Русский]

8. Adoption of the report on the Third Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific

[/L.1 Draft report: 中文 | English | Français | Русский]

Ministerial Panel on "Inclusive and resilient civil registration and vital statistics fit for the future" (Concept note)

All Day:

Donors and Development Partners Conference

Friday, 27 June 2025 (associated event)

10:00-12:30 (MR-G)

Donors and Development Partners Conference (ESCAP)
(Concept note)

12.30-13.30
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13:30-16:00 (MR-G)
Donors and Development Partners Conference (ESCAP) (cont.)

All Day: Master Class: Data centered leadership for senior CRVS managers (10:00-16:00 hrs. | Concept note | MR-F)