[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 166 (Wednesday, October 25, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2029-E2030]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    WORLD POPULATION AWARENESS WEEK

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                          HON. ELIZABETH FURSE

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 25, 1995

  Ms. FURSE. Mr. Speaker, as of October 1995 the world population is 
estimated to be 5.7 billion with an annual growth of 88 million. World 
population is an issue that the citizens of the United States and 
people all over the world should be concerned with due to its wide 
spread environmental, social, economic, and political impacts.
  The people of Oregon recognize the need for greater awareness of 
population levels and their implications. Mr. Speaker, I am inserting 
this statement from Governor John Kitzhaber 

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of Oregon into the Record, proclaiming October 22 through October 29, 
1995, World Population Awareness Week.
  The proclamation follows:

                              Proclamation


                                       Office of the Governor,

                                                  State of Oregon.
       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--
     those that can least afford to accommodate their current 
     populations, much less such massive infusions of human 
     numbers; and
       Whereas the annual increment to 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, John A. Kitzhaber, Governor of the State of 
     Oregon, hereby proclaim October 22-29, 1995: ``World 
     Population Awareness Week,'' in Oregon and encourage all 
     Oregonians to join in this observance.

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