[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 99 (Friday, June 16, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8528-S8529]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           ROTARY PEACE PROGRAM ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT

  Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I have recently been contacted by Mr. David 
Stovall, a constituent from Cornelia, GA. In addition to his 
professional work at Habersham Bank and his community service with the 
chamber of commerce and the Georgia Mountains Private Industry and 
Local Coordinating Committee, Mr. Stovall serves in the Habersham 
County Rotary Club and as governor of Rotary District 6910.

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  It is in his capacity as a Rotary District Governor that Mr. Stovall 
brought to my attention a recent ``Rotary Peace Program'' put on by the 
Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. Entitled ``Population and 
Development: A Global Perspective for Rotary Service,'' the event 
brought together Rotarians from District 9100, which includes Rotary 
clubs in 15 West African nations, and Rotarians from District 6910, 
which includes 57 Rotary clubs from throughout North Georgia.
  At the Dakar Peace Program, the Rotarians were examining an issue of 
concern to many Americans--that is, the population growth in a number 
of countries in the world which are incapable of meeting the 
agricultural, the environmental, the medical, and the economic 
challenges that accompany such high races of growth.
  Mr. President, these Rotarians, meeting in Dakar, Senegal, serve as 
an example of how nonprofit service organizations can take actions 
which contribute to the public debate and help to further policy 
objectives. To this end, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the 
Record at the conclusion of my remarks the resolution adopted at the 
Dakar Peace Forum.
  I also want to recognize other Georgia Rotarians who participated in 
the Dakar Peace Forum. They include Buck Lindsay of Lawrenceville, 
David Roper of Martinez, James Lyle of Augusta, and Dr. Ruby Cheves of 
Union Point.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

A Rotary Peace Program by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International


                               Resolution

       Whereas, The Trustees of Rotary International have endorsed 
     a Rotary Peace Program on the topic of World Population and 
     Sustainable Development, held this date in Dakar;
       Whereas, in Forum, assembled Rotarians from Districts 6910 
     and 9100, and other parts of the Rotary World, along with 
     NGOS in the field of population, have discussed in detail the 
     topic of Population and Development;
       Whereas, Recognized international and governmental experts 
     on the subject of population and development have presented 
     detailed information on the subject and participated in the 
     deliberations;
       Whereas, the Forum considered the conclusions of the 
     International Conference on Population and Development held 
     in Cairo, Egypt in 1994, encouraging and promoting respect 
     for all human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all;
       Whereas, The participants in the Forum expressed unanimous 
     consensus that World Population is an issue of extreme 
     importance and is an area in which Rotary must accordingly 
     apply its humanitarian attention; now therefore: be it 
     Resolved, That recommendation should be and is hereby made to 
     the Board of Directors of Rotary International and to the 
     Trustees of TRF that the following priorities be recognized:
       (1) That awareness be promoted at all levels among 
     Rotarians and others on the subject of Population and 
     Development, in forums, including conferences, assemblies, 
     institutions and peace forum;
       (2) That the Directors establish a Task Force on Population 
     and Development;
       (3) That the Trustees of the TRF, in their humanitarian 
     works, give high priority to projects which promote the role 
     of women in development and which recognize the importance of 
     the environment and population;
       (4) That the education of Rotarians and non-Rotarians on 
     the subject of population be carried out through the existing 
     infrastructure of Polioplus, or a variation thereof. Be it 
     further
       Resolved, (5) That the Trustees provide appropriation for 
     and begin research and development in support of a 3-H 
     product, to serve as a model, addressing the subject of 
     population and development.

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