The
Operational guide for the implementation and follow-up of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and
Development
is the outcome of a lengthy participatory process that began at the first meeting of the Presiding
Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in
Santiago, in November 2014. This document, which was prepared by the Latin American and Caribbean
Demographic Centre (CELADE)-Population Division of ECLAC and the United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA), is the contribution of the PresidingOfficers of the Regional Conference on Population andDevelopment
in Latin America and the Caribbean to the second session of the Regional Conference, to be held inMexico City,
on6-9October 2015.
