[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 156 (Tuesday, October 10, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1905]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    WORLD POPULATION AWARENESS WEEK

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                       HON. CONSTANCE A. MORELLA

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 10, 1995

  Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, as the 21st century approaches, it becomes 
increasingly evident that the world must redouble its efforts to 
eliminate the underlying causes of poverty, environmental devastation, 
illiteracy, urban deterioration, hunger, and maternal and infant 
mortality. Rapid world population growth causes or exacerbates each of 
these problems.
  To inform and educate people around the world of the consequences of 
rapid population growth and actions that can be taken to rationally and 
voluntarily balance our human numbers with our environment and 
resources, the Population Institute has taken the lead in sponsoring 
World Population Awareness Week, October 12 to October 19. Cosponsoring 
the week with the Institute are a number of international 
organizations, including the League of Women Voters, the National 
Audubon Society, and Sierra Club, and the National Wildlife Federation.
  Governors of the 50 States are being asked to issue proclamations in 
recognition of World Population Awareness Week. I request permission to 
include the State of Maryland proclamation in the Record, and I urge my 
colleagues to request that Governors of your State take similar action.

                   The State of Maryland Proclamation

       From the Governor of the State of Maryland--World 
     Population Awareness Week, October 22-29, 1995:
       Whereas, world population is currently 5.7 billion and 
     increasing by nearly 100 million per year, with virtually all 
     of this growth added to the poorest countries and regions; 
     and
       Whereas, the annual increment to world population is 
     projected to exceed 86 million through the year 2015, with 
     three billion people--reaching their reproductive years 
     within the next generation; and
       Whereas, the environmental and economic impacts of this 
     level of growth will almost certainly prevent inhabitants of 
     poorer countries from improving their quality of life, and, 
     at the same time, have deleterious repercussions for the 
     standard of living in more affluent regions; and
       Whereas, the 1994 International Conference on Population 
     and Development in Cairo, Egypt crafted a 20 year Program of 
     Action for achieving a more equitable balance between the 
     world's population, environment and resources, that was duly 
     approved by 180 nations, including the United States . . . 
     and, Maryland is pleased to join in recognizing a special 
     week to focus public awareness on the issue of world 
     population.
       Now, therefore, I, Parris N. Glendening, Governor of the 
     State of Maryland, do hereby proclaim October 22-29, 1995 as 
     World Population Awareness Week in Maryland, and do commend 
     this observance to all of our citizens.

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