[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 160 (Tuesday, October 17, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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           WORLD POPULATION AWARENESS WEEK IN NORTH CAROLINA

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                          HON. EVA M. CLAYTON

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 17, 1995

  Mrs. CLAYTON. Mr. Speaker, Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr., of North Carolina 
has recently proclaimed October 22-29 as World Population Awareness 
Week in the State of North Carolina. This week is being recognized by 
States across this country and by organizations in other countries.
  The purpose of World Population Awareness Week is to focus attention 
on the problem of world population growth. There are more than 5.7 
billion people in the world, a total that is expected to double in 
about 40 years. More than 90 percent of this growth is occurring in the 
poorest countries of the world, those that can least afford it. But it 
is not a problem for the developing world alone.
  Mr. Speaker, I include for the Record a copy of the proclamation.

``World Population Awareness Week 1995 by the Governor of the State of 
                             North Carolina

       ``Whereas, the world population is currently 5.7 billion 
     and is increasing by nearly 100 million people per year, with 
     virtually all of this growth added to the poorest countries 
     and regions, which are the areas that can least afford to 
     accommodate their current populations, much less such massive 
     infusions of human numbers; and
       ``Whereas, the annual increment to the world population is 
     projected to exceed 86 million through the year 2015, with 
     three billion people--the equivalent of the entire world 
     population as recently as 1960--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;
       ``Now, therefore, I, James B. Hunt Jr., Governor of the 
     State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim October 22-29, 
     1995, as `World Population Awareness Week' in North Carolina, 
     and commend its observance to our citizens.''