World Population Year

A/RES/2683(XXV)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1971.

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9 subjects

Advisory Services Demographic Research International Years Population Population Control Population Policy Population Programmes Report Preparation Training Programmes

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Designates the year 1974 as World Population Year;

Acknowledges that the formulation and implementation of population policies and programmes are matters falling under the internal competence of each country and, consequently, that international action in the population sphere should be responsive to the varied needs and requests of individual Member States;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare, in consultation with interested Member States, a detailed programme of proposed measures and activities to be undertaken by the organizations of the United Nations system during the year 1974, taking into account the different character of population problems in each country and region, the population policies of Member States, as well as the proposals contained in the Secretary-General's report on the question of holding a Third World Population Conference,31 and to submit the programme to the Economic and Social Council in 1972 through the Population Commission at its sixteenth session;

Invites interested organizations of the United Nations system to render the necessary assistance to the Secretary-General in preparing the programme of measures and activities for the World Population Year;

Invites Member States to participate fully in the World Population Year in the context of their capacities and policies;

Stresses that assistance from organizations of the United Nations system and interested Member States should continue to be available upon request for evolving and implementing a dynamic population policy so Resolution 2626 (XXV).

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to cope with all the problems emanating from different population levels, characteristics and trends, including assistance in developing a comprehensive demographic research and studies programme as well as training programmes and in providing advisory services in this field;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare and submit to the General Assembly in 1975, through the Economic and Social Council, a final report on the World Population Year.

11 December 1970.

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