[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 144 (Friday, September 15, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S13671]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    WORLD POPULATION AWARENESS WEEK

 Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, in August, Gov. Roy Romer of 
Colorado proclaimed October 22 to 29 ``World Population Awareness 
Week'' for the State of Colorado. I would like to express my support 
for this proclamation, and for population awareness activities.
  I support noncoercive international family planning programs as much 
as possible, given budget constraints. Other countries need our support 
to control population growth and raise standards of living. Family 
planning programs help control population growth in overcrowded 
nations, reduce infant and maternal mortality rates, and decrease the 
rates of starvation and poverty. These developments in turn help lower 
pressures on inadequate, severely stressed health services in many 
countries.
  By promoting long-term, sustainable economic and human growth, I 
believe family planning programs serve U.S. interests in environmental 
protection, resource conservation, global economic growth, immigration, 
and international stability.
  World Population Awareness Week will help promote public awareness of 
the causes and costs of overpopulation, and effective policies to 
reduce population growth voluntarily and rationally.
  Mr. President, I ask that Governor Romer's proclamation be printed in 
the Record.
  The proclamation follows:

                         Honorary Proclamation

       Whereas, the world's population has reached 5.7 billion and 
     is growing at a reported rate of 100 million each year; and
       Whereas, rapid population growth can overtake the capacity 
     of human societies to provide food, housing, education, 
     employment and basic health services and may undermine 
     economic development as well as social, cultural and 
     political stability; and
       Whereas, population growth can place strains on the 
     environment and our natural resources; and
       Whereas, many groups will recognize October 22-29, 1995, as 
     World Population Week to increase public awareness of what 
     many view as a need to find a balance between population 
     development and the natural environment;
       Now, therefore, I, Roy Romer, Governor of Colorado, 
     proclaim October 22-29, 1995, as World Population Awareness 
     Week in the State of Colorado.
     

                          ____________________