Question.Consider the following statements with respect to World Population Day:
(1) It is established in 1989 by United Nations Development Programme.
(2) Theme of 2020 is “How to safeguard the health and rights of women and girls now.”
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) None of these
Answer : (c)
Context:
- This year’s World Population Day calls for global attention to the unfinished business of the landmark 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, which recognized that reproductive health and gender equality are essential for achieving sustainable development.
About:
- World Population Day, which is annually observed on 11 July, seeks to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues.
- It was established by the then-Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989, an outgrowth of the interest generated by the Day of Five Billion, which was observed on 11 July 1987. The Day was first marked on 11 July 1990 in more than 90 countries.
Population Trends:
- Current estimates indicate that roughly 83 million people are being added to the world’s population every year.
- Even assuming that fertility levels will continue to decline, the global population is expected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030, 9.8 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100, according to the medium-variant projection.
Facts:
- Aim: To focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues.
- Origin: The day was established in 1989 as an initiative taken by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
- Theme: “How to safeguard the health and rights of women and girls now.”
Additional Facts:
- UNFPA: It is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency.It aims to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted,every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.
- Headquarters: New York, United States.
- Report: State of World Population Report.
- International Conference on Population and Development(ICPD): It was held in 1994 in Cairo,Egypt where 179 governments adopted a revolutionary Programme of Action and called for women’s reproductive health and rights to take centre stage in national and global development efforts.
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