UNFPA's work is guided by the Programme of Action (PoA) adopted by 179 governments at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo in 1994. The ICPD objectives are consistent with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The recent adoption by the UN General Assembly of a new target, "to achieve universal access to reproductive health by 2015", under Millennium Development Goal 5 on maternal health underpins the strong linkage that exists between these internationally ratified development strategies. The ICPD and the MDG principles share the same vision for a better world and mutually reinforce each other.

Our main areas of work include:

• Reproductive Health, including Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health;
• Reproductive Health Commodity Supplies;
• Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections, including HIV;
• Mainstreaming Gender Equality;
• Eliminating Gender Based Violence;
• Integration of Population Concerns into Development Strategies;
• Supporting large-scale population-based data collection operations and utilization of population data;
• Emerging issues in Population and Development, such as Ageing and Climate Change