The Addis Ababa Declaration on Population and Development (AADPD) was adopted by African ministers at the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Addis Ababa in October 2013 and endorsed by heads of state at a meeting of the African Union’s Executive Council the following year. The Declaration provides guidance on population and development in Africa and guidelines for the full implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). Beyond 2014 in Africa (which itself built on the ICPD 1994 Cairo conference).