The High-Level Task Force for the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)* envisions a world where all women and men, adult and young, have equal opportunities, freedoms and choices to forge their own life aspirations and destinies. This would be the outcome of a globally just, sustainably developed world, where human progress is gauged by the fulfillment of equal rights for all, based on principles of non-discrimination, participation and inclusiveness.To realize this vision, sexual and reproductive health and rights, the empowerment of women and gender equality, and the rights and empowerment of adolescents and youth must be placed at the heart of sustainable development.

* The High-Level Task Force for ICPD is a group of 26 eminent and distinguished leaders acting in their individualcapacities, with a record of service as heads of state, ministers and parliamentarians, civil society, private sector andphilanthropic leaders, co-chaired by Former Presidents Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique and Tarja Halonen of Finland.