Asian Population Association

New Year Message from the APA President

Dear APA members,

A belated Happy New Year and best wishes to you all for 2012!

On behalf of the council of the APA, I am pleased to brief you on the activities of the Association during 2011 and our plans for 2012.

1.       2^nd APA Conference: Our major activity during 2011 has been the planning and organization of the 2^nd APA conference to be held in Bangkok during 26-29 August.  I am delighted to report to you that by the end of the deadline we received exactly 1500 abstract submissions for our conference. This is a major increase as compared to our 1^st conference when we received nearly 700 abstracts.  This great success is no doubt  due to the enthusiasm from our members as well as other population experts who are active in the population field in the Asian region and beyond.  Thanks also to the APA Secretariat who, despite the devastating and disrupting floods in Bangkok, kept the activities of the APA running. 

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The APA President received the 2011 United Nations Population Award

On 16 June, the 2011 Population Award was presented to Professor Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, the APA President, and L’Institut de Formation et de Recherche Démographiques (IFORD). Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Asha-Rose Migiro, presented the award to the laureates during a formal ceremony at the UN. The event also featured Maged A. Abdelaziz, Egypt’s Ambassador to the United Nations and Chairman of the Award Committee and Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, who is the Committee’s Secretary. A number of diplomats, population experts and representatives of civil society, the private sector and the press attended the ceremony.

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Report on APA Council meeting during 6-8 March in Bangkok

Dear APA members,

I am delighted to report that we had a very productive APA Council meeting in Bangkok 6-8 March. I was very impressed and enjoyed working with unique Council representing both high qualifications and devotion to the Association. The summary of minutes of our meeting will be posted on the APA website very soon, but here is a pr?cis of the meeting.

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