The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) with support of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) organized the sixth meeting of the Task Force on Population and Housing Censuses, Round 2010 in Beirut from 1 to 3 December 2009.
The meeting aimed at discussing the Arabic translated version of the “Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Revision 2” (PRPHCR2), making necessary modifications, exchanging relevant successful experiences and expertise among ESCWA member countries and discussing the future plan of the Task Force.
The meeting concluded with a number of recommendations, most importantly the completion of the revision of the Arabic translated version of the “Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Revision 2”, the importance of cooperation between member countries in different statistical fields in particular population and housing censuses, the preparation of a report evaluating the work of the Task Force so far and its future vision to be presented to ESCWA Statistical Committee at its ninth session which will be held during the third quarter of 2010.