1974 Is World Population Year. 4 IVSTITUTION United Nations Economic and Socidl Commission F6r, C C., Asia and the 'Pacific, Bangkok"(Thailand)

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ED'125 847 SE 018 513 TITLE . . 1974 is World Population Year. 4 IVSTITUTION United Nations Economic and Socidl Commission f6r, C c., Asia and the 'Pacific, Bangkok"(Thailand). PUB DATE 74 I , NOTE k 69p.; Not available in hard copy due to marginal legibility of original document 0 AVAILABLE FROMAsian Population Programme News, Population Division, ECAFE, aangkok,,Thailand 'I JOURNAL CIT ,AsianPopulation Programmepews; v3niand 2 '(combined issue)19.74

* S PRICE MF-$0.83 Plus Postage. HC Not Available from EDRS. ESCBIPTORS *AnnUal Reports; Birth Rate; Contraception; *bemography; Environmental Education; *Faiily Planning; Overpopulation; *Population Educationr Popiiiation,Grwth; *Population Trends IDENTIFIERS *ASia ABSTRACT / This publication is a special issue of the Asian POpulation Programme News. This particiular publication is concerned with populatiOn yer 1974. Highlight6 from the thirtiethsession of' the Economic Commission for Asia,and the Far East (ECAFE)are presented. World, regional, and country population news are included in separate sections. A listing'of population ptiblications is given and a special center section concerning the World populationyear is included. This latter section contains background information, resource personnel, and fi/m and book bibliographies. Information canCerning,family planning, various country and world population statistics, and active ddmographic research in ECAFEYcountries is found throughout the 'publication. Drawings,' chaps, qtaphs, and photographs help illustrate the various sectiets. IMA)

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SPECIAL SECTION:* REGIONAL ROUND-UP The Populotion Division of ECAFE is divided into a General Demography Section, a Fertility and Family Planning Section, a Clearing House. and In- formation Section, the Office the Division Chief. in this issue of the News, the activi'ttes of the General Demograpgy Section ore summarized

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GENER DEMOGRAPHY SECTION

- Main activities AS") POPULATION RAMME NEWS , 1. Assistoncetp countries in solving problems arising from the interaction between population and development p anning. 2. In collaboration with country experts, ',reparation of country monographs on the demographic situation, including analysis of the economic and social implications of population trends. 3. °Assistance to countries in the evaluation of accuracy, development and analy- , sisof demographic data. a tr 4. Advisory and consultancy services to countries and international bodies ( matters related to popuiati96. 5. COmparative analysis of census and o#lier demographie data for regional studies. 6. Collection of necessary data and preparation of population projections needed for various components of development planning. j. Organization of technical meetings and seminars at the regional andsubre_ gionol levels and support assistance to national meetings. 8. Preparation of reports, studies and manuals in the field of population.

population and ; ECAFE'S ASIAN POPULATION STUDIES SERIES AND fond prOduct Lon RELATED PUBLICATIONS

Asian Population Studies Seel. 19T4 IS:' WOW) POPUlAtION YEAR

Nu, 1 rt.ttnettalral roeAttired,of //may Planning Programmes(12nited Novo. 1,011,tnon, Sara No.: Ob.11.0.10) 0,91.111 SICtiC1 10,011. AtIll81171 N. I Frl. iIi!limning. Inferno, Sligration and t'rbantaation to ECAFf Countrres. ffibtrorfrapht of Aroitnble Sinter-int,tilnite.1 Nations pokallcation, .Sa 3 1.50 I/ 'I/

No.t inminunicalaruiinFaintly Pinning (Unites Nation pub11.0Iun, Sale. No.: I 2.561' Front cover; Th. World Population Cenferenco will be L68.11.3.17) an unprecedented event.Itwill be the first occasion No. 4 Asses *went of ilegeplancerand h/fectivnass of family Planning bletir, on which the internationol community 'has convened a 11:0000 Nit lona publioatlun, Sales No.: It.b9.11.1,.13) . Lworld -wide political gathering, to address it elf to the No. 5 egtual of family Planting Progrnnimet tett Near,. publicatiur4 Salem quostien of populaaon. At the invitation of the Govern No.: 1,70.11.3.100 2.001/ mans of the Socialist Republic of Romania, the Con- ference will be held at Bucharest from 19 to 30 August ?no. n Fertility Shales In the FL-AFT Region - A boffingraphy of Books, l'apers., rout Itcferonce Materinlo Nutter. public.luo, Stlex [To.: L.71.11.1'.3) I1.501 1974. The graph illustrates the relationship between population and food production and la erteproduetIon of So. 7 bilerretotion Between l'opulalion and blimpowr Problems - Report of a Re- the UNFPA World population Calendar fqr August 1974. gional Sem r (to IN. 11; )01S) No charge2/ Deep'se now fanning tochnilogy, basic food stuffs ore `tit;8 Rescarck Teachm. noel Training m Demography - A Directory of Institutions twirl produced at roughly -ifie same hovel per person tits chargeY in the 1,1,111 Reston (12, IC817) as 20 years ago. No. 9 Rirport of the worts rnif Group on. Tratning of Personnel in Family PInnnout Progrnmines (1'131`, I) (pirnecv.tated) No cher-golf (Specialsection an /World Population Year 1974,' No.10 The froloylcal Implicn'tions of Rural and Urn.; Population Growth Report 25)- on a Itegiune I Serotna.r C N.11, 1043) Na charguY

No.11 Population Aspects of -Social Development Report un Regionel Seminar tL, CN.11, 1049) Na charge/1 No. r/ .xpr(rkenng1Iff..00ro-/ enor Retu7r Family Progrionynes - Report of n Nu oh+

Nt3, The Role of Voluntary Drynnantions to Ilattonat Faintly Planning Programmes Report uf an Lkpert Group 141rellag (110GN.11/ 1087) No chargef ECAF E No.I I cotop4rolun Study of Mortality Trends m ECAFE' Countres (E./C19.11/1108) No chergolf

Nu.15 A Cantparaltre Study of heroic!. StallIttrs Systems for th Eualintion of The Economic Commissioli for Asia and Plrynntrut Pr./roam. in OrercAFERegion 4 No charge Y the For East (ECAFE) is the regional N0.16 linthand.WIR Connunicntion and the /Yacht, of FoinilyPif17.,Nr(In pre.) No charge Y arm of the United Nations, with head- Nu. 47 rm. von, of Periodicals in the ECAFE' Rigion Publishing Populntion inform. Don chargo?./ quartersin Asia.Itis ',administratively No.18 SOMA Techniques for Ateastting the Impact of Contraception: An Aid to Tnrget responsible to the SeCretary-General of .5011iNt Nu du ritnY the' United Nations. At the same time it Meeting on Asian Resources for a Populntion LlbriY4 No clutrite isresponsiblii to the member countries

190.19,D PoputntIon Lohrnry Information Network for the Cont.. ina. ECAFERegion: of the ECAFE region and is subject to Task Force Meeting Report and Guidelines No tees rte Y their parliamentary control and guidance No.10, A First Altana, Workshop of FCAFE Population Corrispondents from Indonesia (mlineogritphed) No charge2/ in policy matters, undo/ the over-all con - Nu, -'0; 0 First National Workshop of FCAFE Population Corrspenidents from Thailand trol th Economic and Social Council. (nilinco)rapned) / No the rge No.20. C First National Workshop of EWE Populntion Corr.spondents from 1.4. Re- No charge 2/ This uitiqu organization brings together, public ofKoren (In pre.) within- Asia, representatives from coun- Nu.20, D First flnilanal Workshop of 2.CAFF.' PnpulatiOn Correspondents from Pais inn (In pre.) No charge Y tries throughout, the world. Eastern and- No.21 Comparntlue Study of the Interrelationship between Levels of Literacy and Skill 'Western, large and small, developed and and Fertility Trynds (in prune) No Garin b ,developing States sit as equals at the No.11 Report of the Erpert Croup on lloveloprng Indices to Measure the Itnpncl of Training onVob Performance No chirp annual sessions of ECAFE, often called No.23 Report of PopuThtion and Agrfulturat Chang* 1I n prem.) No Z.hp rge the Parliament of Asia.

t.11.1.14 Repprt of the Seminar on lh Roles of Surveys and Studies for Family Planning ....ernenf and Development (In press), No charm?! , In spite of conflicts and tensions, ECAFE PoptAolon tArwslett.r has provided a continuing forum, often .1;!.INt:olitt,("1,!177.1;g.1270.711or: 37LI:gicpdotuttiloz r="ftile the, only one, for the region's countries combInc No charge Y to meet and work together. Out of print. V rrtorlty Oven to Co.moont. one inotItutIon.. 2/ ',Leo.11.1.4 In un1444Funs. qulvelent price. in othor pomtria.. 1974 is WORLD POPULATION

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EDITORIAL 1 Thirtieth session of ECAFE 1. Population policies 2 Task Force helps to develop a population information network 3 In Memoriam - Dr. Irene Taeuber

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--.01/117-1\g11121:-- First international population and development forum for womeh 16 News from ECWA 16 The need for diversified training 17 World Population Year IPPF forms new department 17 Emblem Latin American Group to improve writing on population 17 Ready for publications "explosion" 17 , Budd 4ist youth and population problems 18 An interpretive feature story UNICEF assists family planning 19

Notes to Readers: POPULATION PUBLICATIONS 21

1. My pit of this publication may be WORLD POPULATION YEAR 25 reprinted if the source is indicated. However, if an item is republished in REGIONAL NEWS 37 another language, the United Nations s does not accept responsibility for the accuracy of the translation. use of the lapanese parliamentarians and ECAFE officials confer 37 United Nations emblem is restricted to ECAFE Travelling seminar 37 official United Nations publications. IGCC Clearing-house 37

2. We are in process of updating the Evaluating family planning materials 37 chart of Populotion Census in the Importance of 'systematic handling of information 38 ECAFE Region Since 1900 which Regional consultation preparatory to the World Population appeared on the back cover of the Conference 38 first issue of the NeWs. We would Workshops for ECAFE population correspondents in Indonesia appreciate any unreported data you may and Thailand 39 have on dates. Integration of women into development 39 ' 3. Letters to the editor are welcomed. New Director for LIPS 41 If you haie a particular problem on a Population projects for the Republic of Viet-Nam 41 population-oriented topic, why not see if Greater use of KAP surveys 42 others who may have tackled a similar Rural and urban population projections difficulty can help? A letter published 42 in the News-will reach those most likely Workshops in Family Planning and Development Co 'cation -42 to be able to. suggest appropriate ways of SEADAG population panel seminar 42 overcoming difficulties encountered in Pacific Science Association.13th Congr 42 population programmes. Assistance in IPPF appoints executive officer in Colour 42 establishing new contacts and exchanging Beyond family planning 43 information with Governments or persons . engaged in similar work is one of ECAFE's Training course in demographic techniques aims. We shall be glad to hear from you. New WHO Liaison Officer to ECAFE 45 COUNTRY NEWS 46 Write to: Asian Population Programme News Population Division FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS l 52 ECAFE Bangkok, Thailand TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES 59 rr

The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on'the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country orterritory or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of the frontiers ofany country or territory. ,4 "Poverty, pollution and population are the major social concerns of our time... To take effective international action in these areas while there is still time to do *so- is the challenge facing the UN and its Meniber. States today... But in the final issue, it will not be poverty or pollution but population that: will determine the quplity of life on earth. Rafael M. Salas, Executive Director 1/ - UN Fund for Population Activities CO)

q)r- Editor ial THIRTIETH SESSION OF ECAFE General' highlights: The thirtieth session of the Economic Com- Remedying the impact of world -wide inflation mission for Asia and tie Far East was held at onthe developing economies, of the region and Colombo, -Sri Lanka, from 27 March to 6 April reducing unemployment, together with promot- 1974. ingeducationand manpower development in the region, were also singled out as deserving That 600 participants included representatives priority. of 38 Governments which are members or associate members of ECAFE. The session was opened The Commission recognized the close inter- by the Honourable Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike, dependence between the rationalization of the con- Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. In her opening ad- ference structure and the new priqrities and direc- Cress Mrs. Bandaranaike proposed the establish, tions in the ECAFT programmeqf work. It further nlent of a world fertilizer fund to assist develdf- recognizedthe need forthe cirganization and ing countries in meeting their .fertilizer needs. structure of the ECAFE secretar-iat to be suitably streamlined and reoriented in the Context of, the The world food crisis, she said, should be proposals for the rationalization otthe cuference taken out of the arena of internagRnal politics. structure and the new priorities ',and -directives Every man, woman and child on the planet was in the work programme. entitledtoa satisfying meal, and political and other considerations should notes living be- The main legislative- bodies of ECAFE would ings that basic human right. henceforth be termed "committees" and be re- tained, or, wherever necessary, established, in Opening remarks were also made by Mrs. the fields of (a) agricultural development, (b) eco- HelviSipila,Assistant Secretary-General. for nomic planning, (c) industry, housing and techno- Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs, logy, (d) natural resources development, (e).popu- who read a message from the Secretary-General lation, (f) social development, (g) statistics, (h) of Vie United Nations, Kurt Waldheim. In his mes- tradeand(i)transportand communications. sage, the Secretary-General, stated that, after long years of seemingly tinendfig conflict, so The Commission" willhold' itsthirty-first wasteful of human life andprecisresources, session at New Delhi, India, from 26 Februaly the effortwhich had been made to achieve peace to 7 March 1975? and staity had at last begun to bear fruit. But a numb of old problems still remained, and to therft had been added some formidable new ones. Commission reviews population The tragic problems of overpopulation and en programmes ronment, together with the ever-increasingap between rich and poor, not only continued to The Commission endorsed the work of the confront mankind but had even been severely secretariat in the field of population and approved aggravated by two new factors - the-energy crisis the report of the Committee of the Whole. Follow- and spiralling inflation. The task of finding solu- ing is the full text: tionsto the particular problems of natural resources and raw materials posed a major chal- 1. The Commission reviewed the activities of lenge to the international community. That was the secretariat as reportedn document E/CN.11/ a global problem, which could only be re,solved L.397.Itwas observed that, through its pro- by global action, undertaken in a spirit of co- gramme of work, the secretariat was providing 8 operation and understanding. assistance and supportin population matters -" throughout the region, but that efforts were needed Proposals for action and long -term measures to increase the depth and scope of its activities. were presented to the Commission by Mr. J.B.P. Maramis, Executive Secretary, ECAFE, in a key- 2.' There was general recognition of the ur- note policy statement, opening debate on a review gency of the region's population problems, and of the economic and-social situation in the-region. of the need for a dynamic approach that dealt In the wide-ranging proposals, the Commission with' population as a major factor conditioning was asked to approve the choice of four major economic and social development:/Demographic problems of direct concern to the people of the change was closely related to social and edono- region as priority areas requiring intensive con- mic change, including such socialfactors as certed action: food, energy, technology and natural emphasis on education and literacy; the changing resources. role of women insociety; improved maternal and' child care; and -economic factors such as The Commission agreed that the high priority the extent of unemployment and underemployment; areas for the coming few years were food, energy imbalances in economic opportunities between and raw material problems. In addition, it attached urban and rural areas; gre'itter opportunities for priority to the trapsfer of appropriate technology, women in the labour force; and provision of so- to the conservaticm'and regeneration of natural cial security for old age. When population policies resources, to shipping problems and to the prob- were viewed as complementary elements to deve- lems arising out of private foreign investment lopment policies, they served to expedite both and the operations of multinational corporations. economic and social development. It was hoped ni Nt-

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that the secretariat would,,further strengthen its 5. The Commission,welcomed the assurances work and efforts to integrate the population of continuing collaboration and co-operation., on factorintoall development planning equations. the part of agencies and organizations both within and outside the United Nations system.Refeience 3.hi more specific _terms, areas were men- was made to the important role of the United tioned in which countries might utilize the assis- Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) tance and oadvisory services of the secretariat. in providing a large share of the funding for the They included the preparation of national popula- secretariat's regional programme. The contribution programmes together with the development tions of some.Governments through the provision ofappropriate institutional arrangements;, the of non-reimbursable experts was noted with ap- establishm eat. of effective mechanisms to expedite preciation. The Commission was informed of the tne flow and exchange of population information; increased donations to, UNFPA made by some thecarryingoutofpopulation surveys;the Governments, and also of their intentions to make modification of patterns of migration, including available to developing countries of the region the exothis of talent froth developing' to developed areas; and the strengthening of working relatiop- larger contributions of other forms of multi, ships at the.subregional level. lateral and bilateral assistance,. 4. Emphasis was given to the importance of active goidernmental participation in the World POPULATION POLICIES Population Year,1974, and in the forthcoming WorldPopulationConference,tobeheld at .Considerting the importance of population pc:Ai- Bucharest in August 1974. The hbpe was expressed cies"Mp economic and social development today tat\, the results of the Second Asi Population itis u`keful to share information on how policies nference would be fully reflecd in the World have developed so that countries may, perhaps, Population Plan of Action to be onsidered by the find the experience,of other nations useful. The World COqference, and that the. Plan, as adopted, ECAFE population correspondents can supply in would give new impetus to comp ehensivepopula-, formation about the policies which their respective tion Governments have dev4loped.

2 In this issue of theNews.readers will find .Mrs. Horny Asayesh, Iranian Population Docu- an article concerning poptilation policy in Hong mentation Centre, Tehran, Iran; Kong which has been provided by Mr. K.L. Thong oftheMedicaland., Health Department.Itis . Miss Joung I. Kim, Librarian, Korean Insti- significanttonotethat for some 20 years the tute of Family' Planning, Seoul, Republic of Government of Hong Kong has given support to Korea; familyplanningworkundertakenbyvarious agenciesandthatthe Government's levelof . Mr. Gelasio . Y.Anglo ,:Librarian, Research financial support has increased from $HK 5,000 andReferenceLibraryailPopulation and in 1955/56 to $HK 1.5 million in 19'73[74. Family Planning, Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, Manila, Philippines; The Government of Hong Kong is looking to theAfuture and has begun a phased, gradual in- . Mr. S.C. Dhir, Librarian, WHORegionalOffice tegration of family planning services into the for Southeast Asia, New Delhi, India (atter-- maternal and child health gl?rvices. At the same nat); and

time, the voluntary agencies in the family plan- , -., ning field will direct their efforts to the popula- . Mr.Hwa-/ Wei Lee, Head Librarian, Asian In- tionin lousing estates, rural areasinthe New:. stitute pf Technology, Bangkok, Thailand (al- Terra° ies, etc. ternate). .. The ECAFE region' is exhibiting a growing When "the3 Task Force met in Bangkok in leadership in population policy development,^and January, Mfs. Sumardi Reksopoetranto, Libra- theNews-Alectsto be reporting more on this rian, Indonesian Planned Parenthood Association, . in future issues. was asked to join it, and to report on the follow- up under way in Indonesia. Since that time the draft report prepared by TASK FORCE HELPS TO DEVELOP A Mr. Kesavan and based on his findings in travels POPULATION INFORMATION NETWORK throughout the region in December, January and Februarytomeet Task Force members and A Task Force with members from several others, has been circulated to the Task Force countries is helping to develop national Wand re for their approval and/or changes. These modi- gional population information libraries and docu- fications have been returned to ECAFE and are mentation centres in ECAFE member countries now being compiled. This report will be dis- which will be strengthened by library networks. tributed to persons who attended the September 1973 working meeting for approval. Technical advice has been made available to the Task Force by ECAFE and other United The follow-up tothe Working Meeting has Nations bodies, the Association of Population/ beenmade' possiblefinanciallybythe Asia Family Planning Libraries and Information Cen- Foundation, ECAFE, UNFPA and IGCC. Mr. L.S. tres,the Carolina Population Center and the Sodhy, Secretary-General of .IGCC, is adviser Inter.- Governmental Co-ordinating R Committee to the Task Force. t (IGCC). The assistance of other organizationg, national, regional and international, concerned A total of 128 information sp cialists-1, libra- with the sharing of informion on population rians anedocumeritalists gathe ed at Bangkok in problems, has also bee' drawn n. September19 :73.They came om 15 countries: Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, . A report of progress made towards develop- 'Malaysia.,New Zealand, Philippines, Republic ment of the information networks has been pre- of Korea, Republic ofViet-Nam, Singapore, Sri pared by the Task Force and its special consul- -Lanka,Thailand,United- Kingdom and. United tant, Mr. B.S. KesavanrNew Delhi, India, former States of America. director of the Indian National Scientific Docu- mentation Centre and more recently United Na- Themes of the Working Meetifig were: tions Library Expert for the Government of Iran, where he helped to establish the Iranian Popula- . Assessment of the need for a population in- tion and Family Planning Documentation Centre .. forination network; anSLibrary. . General functions of, and feasibilityof estab- The establishment of the Task Force..was an lishing a population information network; outcome of the Working Meeting on Asian Re- sources for a Population Information Network, 4, Establishment and' operation ofSri Asian popu- Bangkok, 13-15 Septeniber 1973. Joint sponsors lation information network. .0, of the Working Meeting were ECAFE aid the CarolinaPopulation Center, United States,in The participants unanimously agreed that li- with the Association for brariansand documentalists should take the tcollaborationion/Family Planning Libraries and Infor tion. initiative to increase exchange of population in- Centres. formation among themselves and gradually ac- " hieve the status of an established national net- Namedtothe Task Force initially were: work.It was recommended that the Population Division of ECAFE, as the principal supporter 0 Mr. A.B.M. Nurul Huq, Librarian, Bangladesh of the Meeting, should assume r,esponsibility for Academy for Rural Development, Comilla, stimulating and guiding the implementation of Bangladesh; the network. Mr, /IR. Kohli, Librarian, National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi, Key points made during discussions at the India; Working Meeting included the following: fl g .The situations of general libraries are very established system. Ideally, representatives from 'unequalinside and between countries,ut that government,priVate,voluntary, and academic . many of the small libraries and informa ion re- libraries would set up a national secretariat to sources are notyet known.. It was co isidered co-ordinate thislietwork, channelling the country's essential to rfrake,a continuous systematic effort resources to the regional centre; to Illent,ily these resources; .ECAFE is already undertaking co- ordination .A.sufvey had Shown that, because of poor of informationsdisseMination and exchange Within communication channels, decfsion-makers have the ECAFE region with matiy libraries as, well limited opportunities to utilizefully the facilities fswith subregional -institutions such as fGCC, . ,andresourcesofexistingresearch centres; the'Internationtil Planned Parenthood Federation - SouthEastAsiaand Oceania Region (IPPF- .Major problems were'the rapid increase in SEAOR), etc. the number of publiCations and iriformiltion materials and relative inaccessibilitytoand non- .A wide Variaton of need exists aihong the utilization of the existing materials, because of differentcountrie. of theregion;some countries financial, cultural and language qi fficalties; have adequate nfibers of trained librarians. a d documentalists .nd facilities for training white .Libraries and documentation centres shown others have. few qualified personnel' and no trai be links between information sources and popula- ing facilities; tion policies; al. There is a lack of communication between .It was important for a librarian to be active, administratqrs who controlthe budget and the even ,aggressive", ih bringing relevant informa- Librarians and documentalists who should serve tion to the attention of administrators, decision- the needs of administrators and staff members; makers and others';.. . . "A manualof procedure clearly defining .The information'network should be _co- the working of the network should be produced posed of any nationallibraries that wanted to by the national referral centre; participate. a form of "central library!, should operate at the national level and service all the .The location of the national referral centre participatinglibrariesinits. countryAt thez Should be either government institutionin- national level a referralVentre would consolidate terested in population and family planning.or any local information genetated' at various units and independent autonomous association, such as the also. acquirt expensive and other material from national family planning association, abroad, beyond; thy, resources of small units; by national and international resources. ?.r. '1,*.The referral centre make an inven-' Librarians and documentalists should at- tory of human resources and materials, should -1 mpt to collect World Population Year-related prociIkedirectories, _unionlistsandbiblio- material and information produced in ,each coun- graphies, and provide current awareness Ser- try and supply copies in English to ECAFE for vice and the like, which should be at the disposal sharing with Goyernments and institution; of a regional centre. In particular, research re- t ports and conference proceedings, not commer- , Eachlibrarian and docuarentalist should cially published, should be channeled at least, to act as a local info-mation resource person for a designated depository library which would en- -'World Popttlation'Year, 074, taking positive sure that the document was made accessible to ..action in endouraging-production and distTibution interested parties; of World Population YearYear information and mate - - ri .Librarians. and documentallses In each country would hold meetings, initiate informal ex- , he report of the Working Meeting should be changes of material, including accessipn lists, s supplied to the directors of the World Population among themselves and then gradually develop an Year Secretariat. s

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WRITE TO: Poptlation leference Bureau, 1755 Mass chusetts Avenue N.W. , Washing n, D.C. 20036 United States 5 IN MEMORIAMDr. Irene Taeuber

Dr. Irene Taeuberr one of the world's foremost demographersf diedon 24 February at her home in Hyattsville, Maryland, in the UnitedStates of America. ECAFE Executive SecretaryJ.B.P. Maramis ha,s paidtribute to the science of populatior) and the development to her contributign olthe Commission's populationprogramme. ECAFE has, he tabled her family, "loston irreplaceable friend and supporter. ti Atits ost recent session the United Nations Population opened,rith a Commission was ief memorial to Mrs. Taeuber inappreciation of her inestimable contribution tir'its own rIc_ds well as to the field of demographyin general. x" The director of the United Nations PopulationDivision, Mr. Leon Tobah, in to the Population Associatisn, of America has referred a letter af the deans of demography". Mr. Tobah to her as "a great scholar. andone c9 pointed out that she was closelyassociated with the Population Division formore than two decades. At memorial services for her-in .Washi'ngton, D.C. her colleagues noted thatshe had become a leading American experton the demography of, number of far Dr. Iran.Tosuherof th Second tries. eastern coun- Asian Pool; lotion Conforenc In Tokyo In 1972 From 1935 to 1945, Dr. Taeuber was co-editor of dent of PAA in 1953. Population "Index,-andwas presi- Her pioneering work on population problems in Asian 'countries 1958. was perhaps best eXempli-fied by her study of Japanin - Dr. Taeuber was Vice-President of the, United Nations WorldPopulbtion Conference at Belgrade iq,1965, Through her. active role in the First Asian Population Conferenceand the 1966 advisory group which recommended establishment of the ECAFE Population Division, Mrs. Taeuber the mission's Asian Population Programme. helped to lay the foundation for the development of theCom- Her deep interest in' Asia was marked through corprioutions, to various'ECAFE Second Asian Population Conference at Tokyo in'1972. 4 ,I. studies and meetings, particularly the During The past year, Dr..Toeuber had been ment of State irrhelping to active as a consulfcin(to the United Nations and the UnitedStates Depart- prepare for the 1974 United Nations World Population Conferenceat Bucharest. l Recently-sheSkos named to the Rose F. Kennedy chair in demography'crt the Kennedy Instituteat Georgetown University. At the time of her death, Dr. Taeuber was senior demographer at the office of Population Reiearch of PrincetonUniver- sity and was completing her,work on the Chinese population in southeastAsia. She is survived by her husband Conrqd, Director of the Center forPopulation Research at Georgetown two sons, Richord,C. and Karl E., also demographers. University, and

ECAFE emphasis on Interrelated problerns of poverty and unem-\ ployment, population and agriculture

-"Closely related to "the problems of moss-poverty and unemployme*nti s the prOblem of population. According to available statistics, the population ofthe ECAFE region is growing at a rats of 50 million a year - that is, more than the combined population ofMa- laysia and Thailand. We also know that the majority of the populationin Asia lives in the rural area, where agriculture provides employment opportunity for more than 60per cent of the total populotion. Agriculture provides, also,more than 70 per cent of the gross domes- tic product and constitutes a major port of the countries' export earnings.

"So, the future scope of the work of ECAFE will,Ithink, emphasize attention on these interrelated problems- those of mass poverty ant unemployment, population and ogricultu re." '

J.B.P. Maramis Executive Secretory of ECAFE-

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5 a %. This calendar gives brief details cif population-oriented meetings significant to ECAFE countries, from 1974 to 197.6. (It has been prepared from infor- POPULATION CALENDAR ofmation,-availa any relate le as of 1 December 1973). Specific dates have yet to be decided in many instances and the calendar wilt be updated fromI time meetings-are welcomed by the News. to time. Details 1974 Date Site organizationSponsoring 1 , Title of meeting Brief description Early7-11 Jan. 1974 orKualaBangkok Bangkok Lumpur UNESCOECAFE CommunicationeducationinEvaluation Family Planning qfand Educationalworkshop health Programmes ministries for-information Materials in Used the - -- -- .participants,ToplanningmultinationalPopulation develop communication recommendationsorganized, Division; study onexpert as the ain part programmesformeeting,same familyof topica 27 Bangkok UNESCO EducationsityExperts'southeast in Meeting Asia Population region on Education Schools/ Faculties/ Departments of Role of Univer- Ordinationstructuresof development ministries and suggeSt for co-operatior and co- 21-2914-18 Jan. Jan. AmierdamTilburg,Netherlands UnitedInstituteResearchDevelopment Nations CathblicRightsSymposium Responsibilityk on'Topulationon Population Problems and and Human PopulationOne of the Year,activities 1974; in 25 support expects, of limitedWorld 281 Jafif Feb.' Geneva .StatisticalInternational SurveyECE Regional Meeting on World Fertility symposiumserversnumber of'subject fellowsbudget to 1(may the beapproval invited ofas theob- ' Off ice < . '. Jan.9 Feb.2<8 Jan.- BangrokGeneva 1 ECAFEECE MeetingManp.gementStudiesRegional foron Seminar FertilityFamily and Development on PlanniingrogrammeSurvey Role of Surveys and / migrationforReviewregiregi,oyt,Popu tion of and Division;draft 5 experts standards-and 20 from experts outside,- guidelines from the statistics of external and internal 4-5230 Feb. Jan. Feb. - ParisBangkok IPPF/CPCUNESCO FilmsSymposiumPost-conceptiveSeminar on Population on theVoluntary Regulation. Utilization Sterilization of Scientific and 6-12 Feb. Geneva WHO Meetingprofessionalshuman onsexuality; teaching the and training treatment of health in mentTo review programines world-widetteaching in sexology and treat, 6 F11-18,Feb.1°9 March - . New York'Saigon UnitedofmentECAFE/Govern- Viet-Nam of Nations the Rep. WorldAdvisoryTraining.CourseDemographic Population Committee Analysis on Plan Basic of of Experts Techniques Action, on third the of '2 from 23Populationthe from Khmer the Division;Republic Republic. 25 oftrainees, Viet-Nam including and ' 14-16181.22 Feb. Feb.. BangkokParis WFS/ECAFEUNESCO' WorkshopveyRegionalsession Meeting on the on Teack*of World Fertility Population Sur- InternationalPopulation Division, Statistics in Institutecollaboration with ll March18 FRh-Feb.- , IndiaBeirut ASIECWA SubregionalFirstDynamics Regional iLaw Training Population SchoolS, Course Conference on Demo-, AsianRegioyil Statistical Conference Institute, Statistics Di-, 29 March New York and United Nations graphic Sample Surveys .' ECAFE,vision, Unit Ni Nations Statistical Office ECAFE, Population Division, 25r Feb.Feb.-March. -' IndonesiaVirginia, USA CESI/ UNFPA SecondmenInternatibnal CESI WorkingForum on Party the ohRole Youti, of Wo- and Population and Davelopment . 4282 March 'FON- Washington,New Delhi D.C. SILO /GovernmentforTheUnited WPY Coalition Nations InternationalPopulation Youth Seminar r 11-20.Feb.' Feb. Lima WHOof India SymposiumtionlationNational Trends. Policies on Symposiurn"St and5Prospects llealth Aspects Labourcand of Popula- Popu- To discuss background paper prepared , - Feb. India SecondIndustry14 Study Tour of Family Planning-in rencetWHO for the World Population Con- Feb./Mar. Phi lip"pines UNESCO 40 ilk Rai-trialsMeetititPopulationof on for the and NewProduction Family Literatew=or Planning of Post -Iireracy PeopleLimited Educational Attairunent on $1-8 Mar. 0 Manila WHO(WPRO) FamilyferenceInterregionalin Planning Connexibn 1974 in `Seminar withHealth World Programmes on Populationthe Con- Role' of Manila k_ StaffUnionRegional of Edudatlep Worketsl Training OfficersEducation Workshop and Institution's forTeaching Trade lippinesSubject toGovernment formal agreement,- of the Phi- - -4 18-22.Mar.. Date Seoul Site ofmentEOAFE/Govern- Korea of the Rep.'organization`Spons\E-rring National.Family Seminar Planning on 'Title of meeting' ommunidations for. aboutPopulation lb partidipants Brief descriptionDivision; national seminar; 25-3018-23 Mir. Mar. NairobiKuala Lumpur IP PUnited F NatiOns Seminartion of Contracepti on on Comm espity Based Distribu- Poetu ion Problems and Mass 827 'Apr: Mar. - Colombo WHOECAFE Thirtieth-CommissionMedia session '- Mar./Apr.2-6 Apr: Oxford'African region'' .The Sunday Seininar/WorkshoptionalInterdisciplinaryFamily Components Planning Co-operation onin HealthExploding- Aspects in Educa- Cities of ' Identificationlaborati% of ific areas of col- 4 5-1122-2+ Apr. Apr. BangkokTeheran FAOIPPFTimes/ UNFPA WorkshoptionInformationin Relation Year for,_FAO to Wor WPY rkshop Regional for Worldand Country Popula- 3 days; to provide orientation and inter- Staffand on Far'East,a-egion) FAO Population Activities (Asia andLionevaluationtification,populationStaffchange the andactiAties Far Country and inEast orderfollovOup in region SAAB countries to assist onof FAO'spopula-FAO's inof the role iden-Asia in of views among FAO Regionalformulation, implementation, Apr.1115 Apr.- May AsiaLahore ofECAFEUNESCO Pakistan /Government PlanningTrainingCommunicationMeeting EvaluationCourse on Evaluation on Programmes forFertility Pakistan of Family and FamilJPlanning Population Division; 25 trainees 30Apr./May6 Apr. - GenevaBangkok WHOFAO . AsiaScientificturalProblems and Development Far..East Groupas Related Seminaron Health to FoodandAgricul- on Statistical Population Me- To review10 days existing state of knowledge and r" May . thodology Related to ,c Perinatal Events achievingoffertoresearch perinatal suggestions further in currentmorbidity progresson ways definitions and and mortality means relating of and 7-10l -It May May . AfricaBangkok ECAECAFE ferenceECAgionalPre-World Region Consultation Preparatory Population Pre-World Meeting. ConferencePopulation Con- Re- Population Divisitny , 13-17 May' Bangkok ECAFE to intoRegionalPopulation Development Seminar Factors on with tntegration special ofreference Women velopmenttheganizedSocial United Development with andNations the Hurnanita?ian Population Cereqe Division for Affairs)Mvision (jointlySocial De-and or- jo 29-3128-31 May Seoul ECAFE/Goveffi-CoalitionJapan Youth NationalAsian Region Workshop Youth Population of Population Workshop Cor- ' Population541c10Japanpartic You Division, all ECAFE popula- ntshina; UNFPA; ECAFE Populationfrom 'Coalition Asian and countries 24 in- May Addis ECAofment,of Korea the Rep. . -responddritsMeeting of fromNon-United Korea Nations Org,aniza- oftion Korea correspondents from the Republ% May DamascilS ECWA AfricaingRegionaltions to Interested Preparatory in Population Consultation Work Meet- in tihe World Population Conference lightpopulationregionalFurther of recent population clarificatiproblems developments inconference the regionfollowing in thethe of tbe nature of JuneMay/June BangkokAddis Ababa FAOECA .; 'MethodologySeminarlysisWorkingFAO of Group-on:the-en 'DataProgramme -.Population Collection Improvement andFactors Ana- Within of the in Fertility and in KAP Studies makers-Senior ministerial plus officers and policy - regional office staff and 10 -19 June Bangkok ECAFE haviourPsychologicalExpert Working Aspects Group of on Fertility Social andBe- regionPopulationattendregionNGQs; andother Division; 5 United experts ,25 Nations experts. from outside agencies from the the to 17-2112-14 June (notParis decided yet) ECAFEUNESCO LawinExpert Population and Meeting Population and can Faniily InforrnatiOn Planning Exchi-nge Population Divisn JuneFirst1974.. half BeirutIndia RASA (HongFAO Kong). - SeminarDevelopmentRegional on PopulationConference Analysis on Population in and The Seminar will deal with substantive (tentative) culture Development Manning ti TrLannersaccountruralwillandtegralmatters development planning theofpart relatedpopulation experience of agricultural to planning. population-as ingained agricultural sector Itsin takingobjectives analysis anand in- be to transfer through FAO field 1 , CD 24-28 June 6eneva WHO ,AdolescenceSymposium on Pregnancy and Abortion in tispecifichealth.To on explore and reference behaviour the subject to pregnancy'and in adolescenceof reproductive aboe- with Date Cairo Site FAO organizationSponsoring withexpeciallyNear PopulationEast Seminar Women Problems on and the Youth, Role in Ruralof in Families, dealing Areas Title of mv.fing TheEast.Governments bc region to implement population.po- objective Brief description of ofthe countries Seminar is in to the assist.. Near- UNESCO involvingreachstrengtheninglicies andrural womenprogrammes* families, existing and youth especially programmesby evaluating through that anJ June/JulySecond quarter MexicqNPw Delhi- UNESCO MediaintegratedWorkshopInterregional for Familyon*Population use ofSem Planning Fold inar-cum-W Media and Communication Development and akshop Mass on :1 2-41-3 July July TokyoManilaParis WHOJOICFPUNESCO Japan(inSeminarNGO connexion PopulationPopulation on Health with Symposium Conference WPY and t74)Family. Planning priority,To re etc. family planning as a health 16. 19-2617-27 July Bangkok/Ghana 1DRC/MahidolLAW RegionalofSeminar Women's Seminar Participation on the'. in UtilizationSociety of Damographic Implications 70 -79 July in Thailand; 23 -25 July in 23 July- KualaGeneva Lumpur ThailandUnitedUniversity, Nations 0 'PlanningTraditionalUnited Nations Birth Graduate Attendants Study in Programme Family a Kuala Lumpur 9 August229 August July- Kuala Lumpur tionPress of Asia Founda- andRegionalon Development World PopulationWorkshop Communication in. Family Planning Tovelopmentsupportingsonneltechniques promote in thean campaign familyrequired appreciation production planning ofof and programmesthe ,otherspecial de- broadcasang per- July GenevaBudapest WHOmentECWA/ of HungaryGovern- MeetingRegionalmographic Of ProjectSeminar Sample Statisticians on Survey Tqchniques of De- .4> July151 Aug.-4.b, Sept. BangkokFinland ECAFEWCC ManpowerRegionalPastoralAll-European Response Training Data Consultation: Obtained toCourse Abortion in on1970/71the Analysis Churches1 Round of regionganizedPopulation with Division ILO); (_623 trainees weeks jointly from theor- 2 11-15 Aug. Bucharest SwitzerlandWUS, 'of CensusInternational Youth PopulationConference 19-3019-30 '2'4,ug. Aug., !" Bucharest Onited Nations World Population Conference 126 Sept.- Aug. - st% BelgiumBucharestLiege, TribunePopulationIUSSP 1974 GeneralPopulation Assembly Trfttne 1974 - the NCO Forum 4762-6 Sept.'Sept. . StockholmKuala Lumpur AssociationWorldtionPress of Asia Founda-Medical andInternationalFamily Population Planhing ConferenOe Change Workshop or e Physician medicaltility,Discussiohs medical institutes ?elatingattitudes and associations todemography, and the roles of fer- 20175-7 Dec. Sept. Sept. - NewSeoul York UnitedUniversitySeoul Nations' Natioill SeminarninthUnited on session ReproductiveNations GeneralAssembly, Medicine twenty- Year;countryIn commemoration 40 professors fromof World all Over Population the Sept. Bangkok ECAFE Tr. PlanningWorkshop on Social Aspects of Family ganizedSocial Development with-the Population bivisLon Division) (jointly or- Sept. Penang _ IGCC andMeeting Family Between Planning Marketing Administrators Executives ECAFE;UNFPAParvicipants E-W fromCenter; IGCC ksia countries; Foundation; 1DRC; ). Sept. (notGeneva decided yet) ECAFEFAO SeminarWorldAgricultureexperiencePlenary Census on SessionEvaluationand withof preparation_of Agriculture 1970 of andthe World Utilization programme theCensus 1980 of of Study Group- Statistics Division 21-25Sept- Oct. BangkokSingapore/Nigeria ECAFLAW -Staus.13'opulation of.WomenAsian,Seminar You CensL on DataPopulatonActiVities and the SeMinar on P-Oputation.And Population Division (jointly organized with Oct.1 Nov. - BangkokSrt Lanka ECAFEWHO/ UNESCO Communicationpresentativesof Educlation Workshop inand Southeast Health forInfOrmation Ministries' Asia 14e- Planning Social -Development Division) 3 -1415 Nov.Dec. Geneya ° United Nations sionPopulation(Commission,of RoundRegionalMigration Censuses Training Data Obtained Course inon'the the 1970/g1 Analy.§fs, eighteenth ses- Population Division (6 weeks) 4 4 ' 18-2225-27 Nov:Nov. GenevaLahore, WHOmentECAFE of /Govern-Pakistan FamilyExpert-pondentsNational Planning Committee Workshopfrom Pakistan Services ofon Population the Evaluation Corres- of FPTocorrespondentsPopulation programmesreview experience Division; in health all in ECAFE servilces,evalilation pOpulation etc.1 of Date Site organizationSponsoring Title of meeting. Brief description 7\-' Nov. AddisJapanRome Ababa (tentative) EtAFAOFAO Identifira-TrainingWorld iFamily in of ResearchV4rkshop on on Quality National of and Sub- Poo if Conference Leadership course 9-13 Dec. Geneva WHO ofScientificnational Fertility P Gtoup Regulation on Advancs in Methods 1, ulation Projections mechanismsTorecent review developments progress of human of inresearch reproduction 'methods into o'ffeni basic and li- 9-13Dec. Dec. BangkokKuala Lumpur - tion of AsiaECAFEPress Founda- ExpertFamily GroupPlanning on SeminarTraining in Family Plan- Populationty regulation- Divi4ion; regional seminar; Dec. South India UNESCO prototypeliteraryRegionalning Programme activities field educational operation Administration and thematerials seminar 'production onfor post- new of verienceTheprovideganizationsapprox. interestedinprimary post-literacy concrete arerole United invited ofand activities this diversifiedNations (2 seminarweeks) andits member field is to ex- or- 16 experts will be invited; all Beirut ECWA Experttionattainment,literates andtion Group familyand exposed people planning to of population lowprojects educational educa- Ivrteeting on Internal Migra- Studyinggrammeslinkedwellprinciples, as with to the produce onmethods causes going-family educational and and consequences techniques, planning material pro- asof AustraliaArmidale, Newuniveigity England of LionInternational and Population Conference Control on Mass Educa- avoidguidelinesregioninternal some in migrationto an ofcontrol attemptthe problems internal to provide migration, it creates policy in countries of the (date not set) (not decided yet) WHO ClinicalinSeminarHuman Health andReproduction on Services AdvancesEvaluationPublic Health in of the Family Psychological,Aspects Planning of (date not set) P( notaxis decided yet) a rariEA,WHO lationtionPreparation,sionalsSeminar of Resourcesan onAnnotated AttitudesPublication for Bibliography Home of and Health EconomistsDis ofProfes-sem Popu- ina to Family Planning Activities Population resources for home economists (date not set) a. Geneva WHO z Consultation on Training in Health Statis- (date(date-not not set) set) '(not- knoWn)Geneva ECAFEWHO SecondquirementsConsultationtics Regional in onDeveloping Medical Conference ComputingCountries of Ministers Re- with Regard to Family Planning Social Development Division-- (date not(date set) not set) Manila(not known) =WHO-WHO/WPRO Courses_ofRegional ofPopulation Social Coursesfor Affairs Dynamics WHO on Staff the Health on the Aspects Health .,date not(date set) not set) (notManila known) WHO/United WPRO Nations mantionAspectsSeminar Dynamics,Reproduction of Familyon the Family Health Planning Planning Aspects andof Popula- Hu- (date not set) Bangkok(not known) UNESCOUNESCO tionExpertTrainingsecondSub-Commission Education Meeting Coursesession Programmes on in EvaluationPopulation on Population ofEducation Popula- Policies, plus 6;i8,non-member experts will attend -members of population Commission (date(date not not set) set) (not known) ILO z RegionalOrganizationsAsianPopulationSpecialists RegionalSeminar Policiesonand on SymposiumRural PopulationCo-operatives, Social of Security National Rural and (date not set) Addis(nOt Ababa knowj) ECAILO liciesExpertganizedFamilyRegional in Group SectorAfrica Planning on National Programmes Population in the, Po- Or- Seminar on Management of poreNegotiations are in progress for host facilities in Singa- (date(date not not set) set) (notGeneva known) WHO/WHO FAO lnterdisciplinetisticsConsultation with regard onWorkshop Training to Family on in Co-operation Health Planning Sta- (date no set) Geneva in pectsEducational of Family Components Planning of Health As- grammes,economics,engagedofTo professionalexamine in and agriculturaletc.educational and apxiliary roleextension, and functions etc., in family planning pro- guidelines personnel home ILO YoungcationInterregional Workers and Family Seminar Planning on PopulationEdu- Activities for agenciesemployers'carriedgrammestiveandThe participationstimulate'aim out organizationsandbyof thegovernmental relatedthe seminarin participants family activities and is planning voluntaryservices,to whichformotivate effec- are pro- (date not set) Date Geneva Site ECA organizationSponsoring MeetingSocial on and D,emographic Demographic Subsystem Statistics of Title of meeting To consider the subsystem Brief description (date1975 not set) Geneva ECA MeetingSoCial of and Working Demographic Group Statistics On System of Commonlinks and definitions contents of and subsysems classifications; EarlyFeb. 1975 (tentative)BangkokCanadaVancouver, ECAFEUnited Nations ConferenceSecond Working on Human Group Settlements Meeting on Asian _e Population Division Mar. BangkokBangkok ECAFEECAFE ExecutivelationExpertformationResources Projeclions Working, NetworkManagement for a GroupPopulation Seminar Meeting Library for on 8en Popu- In- )ior PopulationPopulation Division Division Apr.Mar. (notVientiane known) `. . ECAFE SubregionalSeminarNationalFamily Planning Family Training Planning Administrators Course Communications on Tech- Population DivisionDivitioa co MayMay JakartaBangkOk/Kuala(tentative)Lumnur ECAFE Follow-upandRefreshernigmeslation Family of Correspondents Demographic Meeting TrainingPlanning to CourseEvaluationFirst Analysis Workshop National."' on Fertility in opu- Indo- Population Division June Bangkok(not known ECAFEECAFE ExpertTravellingWorkersnesia inSeminar Family forPlanning Communication Programmes. Group on Motivational Pro- Population Division a une Bangkok ECAFE PlanningferenceofWorkingPgrammes lanning Family ofP Groupfor Planning rogrammMinisterial Hard-core on Administrative Combinedes HeadsGroups of within Family AspectsFamily Con- ning,andPopulation officials from countries responsible of the for region family plan- Division; 6 days, ministers \July July/Aug. Bangkok ECAFEECAFE andTrainingChannelsExpert Fertilitytives Group Course for Data Distribution on on UseAnalysis of ofCommercial ofContracep- Mortality PopulationPopulation Division Division Oct. /Vancouver,CanadaBangkokIran ECAFEsearchNational Council Re-' EducationExpertpondentsNationalSciencePacific GroupSciefice MaterialsCongress Workshop on Association Production for of Youth Population of Population Corres- 13th Pacific Populationtheme:Participation'of mankind's DivisionDiyision PSA future member in the countries; Pacific Nov.Nov. Bangkok 0ECAFE ECAFE 1"------\_--,-.--Iupport for an Integrated Programme for InformalintoExpert Development Group Meeting on iffusionIntegration Strategiesof Experts of Family of on Population Regional Planning andAgricul- o Population Division Dec.(date not set) `Hong KongBangkok HongECAFEmittee Kong ICSW Corn- , Asian and WesternInternationalSettingItUral Pacific for F Council Regional- on Social Welfare: 1 hnology eting of Experts on Target ly Planning Programmes in the Asian Setting con- Population Division Dec. Bangkok ECAFE tionblishExpertference. materials gu!delines - Working for Group translation Meeting of Popula-to esta: _of- population andToversa,language examine countries to . recommend intothe workable problems to procedures of the trar.slation secretariat in English,materials etc., from atnd localvice (date net set) Geneva(not known) 4yCE ECE familiesMeetinggraphicSeminar statisticson onprojections system of of socialhouseholds and demo- and ofsolving population the language information barriers in exchange C)?\:) (date not set) (not known) WII0 servicesdeliveryWorkshop of onfamily research planning on the care-in domiciliary health familyvidingtoofTo inpossibilitiesfamily review rural planning planning areas,current and with research care effectiveness particular by healthon domiciliary workersreference= of pro- integrated health care including, .(date(date not set)not set) (not(not known) known) WHO WorkspWorkshoping -en- On thehealth interac impact of child spat- of methods TosocialofmothersTo review birth examine and currentandspacing cultural offspring the knowledge effectsin settings various of differenton and thegeographic, ongoing health patterns of (date not set) (not known) WHO Healthningficiency planningadministrators states of MCH and familyfertility plan- control wi disease and de- _____rious deficiency states Toadministrationsusersresearch assist of in infections,on health the witheffects planning infestations emphasis in contraceptive and onhealth and MCH va- 1976(date not set) X \ ECAFE ofWorking Demographic,Statistics Group on Manpower the Integrated and System Social Statisticians;Recommendedand family planning Statistits by the Conference Division of Asian World News I

FIRST INTERNATIONAL POPULATION AND der meeting on a regional basis to establisha DEVELOPMENT FORUM FOR WOMEN regional community of interests.", Participants from 116 nations attended the "Qualified women 'should be recruited and United Nations International ,Forum on the Role Women's organizations utiliied to provide techni- of Women in Population and Development, which cal assistance in population fields and to partici- was held in New York and Virginia, Unite'd States, 9Tateininternational reviewis and appraisals." from 25 February to 1 ,March 1974. (Editor's note: The preceding paragraphs were Participantsinthe forum included women extracted from "Comments and suggestions cabinet ministers, parliamentarian ambassadors; by the International Forum on the Role of professors and top civil servants. * Wornen inPopulation and Development" E/ AcN.9/1-112). The forum-, part of the World Population Year programme, discussed ways and means of in- ./ creasingthe effectiveness of Women's contribution NEWS FROM ECWA informulating and carrying out population and development programmes. Attention was centered ECWA qames population thief on the close interrelationship of population trends ., and over-all development with the status of women , Mr' Zdenko Rajakovic has assumed the respon- and the roles they play in society. sibility the Chief of the PopulatiOn Studies and Programmes Section of the Economic Com- Inaddition,theforuntparticipantsmade mission for West Asia (ECWA) in Beirut, Lebanon. comments, and suggestions on the draft World He succeeded Mr. J.C. Chasteland who has been Population Plan of Action. transferred to the Population Division at Head- ' . . quanters. Mr. Rajakovic, who took his doctorate For example, it was recommended that: ink1942'at the University or'Zagreb (Yugoslavia), worked from 1948 to 1952 as Chief of the Vital "Among other issues not adequately empha- Statistics Section of the Statistical Institute in sized are: the need for balanced rural transfor-, Zagreb. mation without diminishing the need for labour' inruralindustries; -development of leadership In 1952, he was appointed Chief of the Popu- at the locallevel; policies aiming at full em-' lation CensuS Bureau and in 1956 Director of the ployment based on imaginative mobilization of Organizational and Technical Section of the above human resources; dispersal of industries; more Institute. extended programmes for urban slum dwellers; , and concern for the problems of migrant workers In 1961Mr. Rajakovic went to Guinea as a and their wives and families." United Nations expert to advise on demographic statistics, and later to Togo, where he also ad- "The draft Plan should be reorganized and Ivised on mechanical data processing. written in a style and language directed to political' leaders and Government officials who will From 1963 to 1968, Mr. Rajakovic lectured have the responsibility for, implementing it, rather on demographic and social statistics'and data than demographers." processing at the Institute of Statistics and "Ap- . \ / plied Economics in Rabat (Morocco). -"Since die laws enacted by nationaLGovern- ments andtheextent of their de facto im- In 1968, Mr. Rajakovic was appointed'to:the plementation influencte population, de\veloprrient post of Regional Advisein Demographic Statis- andthestatusofwomen,each GOvernmpt should review and appraise all national legis- tics with the United Nations Economic Commis- lation relating to fertility and he status of wo- sion for Africa (Addis Ababa) where he worked men to ensure that human ri hts and, t.iational until the end of 1973. population policies are takenito full account. The rights- of . men and womein Jainily law Population workprogramme -- shouldshouldbeequalized.Theeffettg" of specific legislation on fertility should be reviewed and During the period 1974-1976 The population evaluatedand --model laws, developed to meet programme of ECWA will give particular atten- national or regional needs, taking into account tion. to; W. assisting Governmentsadd regional t the right of couples to decide on the number and, institutions in_the--fo-nnUlation of their plans and sgacing of their children." progr r'11--''innes;(ii) promoting demographie know------17----- ledge and disseminating such knowledge through "Technical assistance experts should be-well mass media; and (iii) providing technical advisory informed and trained in local needs and c hditions. services to Governments and regional institutions Care shotild be taken in selectingZ perts and and substafitive support to United Nations techni- specialattentionpaidto'fin gcompetent cal co-operation ,programmes carried out by th women." United Nations in the region, in the field opulation. 1 0/ ___-- --- ./ "In order to encourage veloped countries 0 to give more tangible and meaningful assistance ----SPecific projects willinclude: research on to developing countries, the Forum shourd consi-----law and population; surveys on fertility behaviour

16 21 and economic decision at the familylevel; and be so much interested in continuing in the mother's nublica of a periodical covering activities in role; maybe they would find something more in- n population matters. teresting to do in these fields. At this tithe of our 'the re developMent I think there wouldstill be something- for, everybody, but if we let the present state of affairs continue a few more years," maybe. -we . F irsVegiona I populat ion Conference, can never reach every person."' A Regional Population Conference was held Mrs. Hely( Sipila, United Nations Assistant, at 'Beirut from18 February to1 March 1974. SocialDevelopment The Conference was organized by ECWA in co- Secretary-Generalfor eh' operation with the'Lebanese Government. and-Humanitarian Affairs. In preparation for the Conferetice, a'mission from the Population Section of ECWA visited IPPF FORMS NEW DEPARTMENT countries in the region to establish contacts and initiate discussions with senior government offi- The International Planned ParenthoOd Federa-' cials on the scope of the Conference. The mission tion (IPPF) has formesra new department created extended invitations to countries to set up national to conduct feasibility studies in the field of com- committeeswhichwouldberesponsiblefor munity-based, as opposed to 'clinic-based, dis- strengthening the co-Operati n and co-ordination tributibh-of contraceptives. among the various governmen departments concerned in the population field anfor formulating Executive 'Dire forforthe new department a programme of co-operative measures' and acti- 4s Mr. Hans Thy ier, who ssisted by Mr. Jurgen Hohnert, Marketing Exoc 'five. Atechnicar vities. advisbry board has been appo ted from repfe°- Five Governmen,ts responded favourablytip. sentatives of associations and rom distinguished the recommendations of .ECWA by formulating people from outside IPPF, national population" committees. These countries If studies support non-clical means of con- are Iraq, Jordan, Lebandn, Saudi 'Arabia and traception it could speed the acceptance and Syria. These committees will be working on a practice of family planning throughout the world.- permanentbasisas adVisory bodiestotheir respective Governments. LATIN AMERICAN GROUP TOIMPROVE WRITING ON POPULATION THE NEED FOR DIVERSIFIED TRAINING Bogota, Colombia - Seen as the nucleus of a "We always hear that fami'ly,planning doesn't press foundation for Latin America, anAssocia- really succeed, even in Asia, which-is the only tion of Latin American Demographic Communica- Continent which has already wholeheartedly ac- tors (ALACODE) has "been formed in Colombia. cepted family planning, and population policies Drawing its membership from print and electronic and even the small family pattern - because Ike media in Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican, always say there is not enough' personnel, people Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua andVenezuela, live in small villages, they cannot be reached... the Association was sponsored byUNFPA, the on the other hand we cannot give women employ- Popplation Refe'rence Bureau andthe Press ment. Now my point is..: why not bring these two Foundation of Asia. Primary aims are toin- questions together and say 'What we need is a, creasethequantity', and improve the quality decision. What we need is a campaign.' We need of writing onpopulation matters. Participation to train certain numbers of-people to bring the in World Population Year 197k is includedin knowledge tocertain numbers of other people the planned activities of ALACODE.Initially, going 'down in the administrative set up and to the Association has arranged intensivetraining train again a certain, number of people:,.. so as Sessions. to reach the village. Officers of ALACODE are from variousparts /It has been said/ "that it may be difficult of Latin America. Inquiries may be sentto Mr. Ayala,Executive Director, or to Mr. tocallthis 'employment', because it woulcIrobe 'Javier the tooexpensiveifthesepeople, werereally Gabriel Ortiz, Administrative Director, at employed. following address: "But even if some kind of honorarium could Asociacion Latino Americana de be paid; if even it could be a part-time job, but Communicadores Demographicos really brougheinto the village, where these people Calle 19-fr 4-74 live, they would be given certain education... not Apartado Aereo 28273: Oficina 20-04 formal education... but education in nutrition, in Bogota, Colombia child care, in health services; let's say also some Ind of beneficial work from which they might get some income...oci.

' .',If these ds of cadres, which would not be The Library of the- School of Oriental and necessa 'employed but which in some way African Studies, London, ha -[roved intolts new volunrily might -acceprto do this kind of work- building which avers six, floors, is designed, to part-time work for some kind. of,honorarium; ,hold a knilliovolumes/and seats/550 readerS. they would do two things: first of all, they would /' TheLiarynow over: 400,000 brig knowledge and information to every w mOn /Voluthes s,,,,,-/Samphlets/and ,periodicals, __ and'` every man in the village... secondly, this. / 10,000 p5,000 rolls of microfilm and 30,9.00"- would give women opportunities to work and create oVnlicrofiche. (liianS, of the LondetrUni- very theses of southeast Asia and some Ameri- a new kind of image for themselves and_addnew' collec- concepts to their life; so they would nOt, perhaps, ca theses are on .rat6rofilm)., 'At first the / 17 44 tion wastrongest in history, literature and-re- role of Buddhist youth leaders; population pro- ligion. Now it is increasing the holdings in the blems; and drug abuse. Help of geography, economis,r sociology and ' . othei social sciences. Rebolutions adopted by the -Population Sub- Committee were:(1)that WFB recognizes the BUDDHIST YOUTH AND POPULATION problem of rising World popul#tion and, that its PROBLEMS control shoed- bein accordance with Buddhist practice; (2) that the control methods should follow Ant",internationgl, youthleadership tratning the cultural and specific requirements of.the confer nee organized by the World Fellowship region; (3) that Buddhist youth partiCipate fully for Buddhist Youth was held at Seoul from 26 to in The national family planning programmes of .31 August A973. It was attended by 41 delegates their ,countries within the framework of Buddhist from 16 'countries. Discussion themes were: The principles. o alta 1

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18 AN INTERPRETIVE .FEATURE STORY

UNICEF ASSISTS FAMILY PLANNING ft (Thefollowingfacts su4lied by the East By the end of 1973, examples of family planning Asia and Pakistan Regional Office of the united integration will 'number 14 health districts with Nations Children's Finid (UNICEF) are presented as part of a series of features illustrating the a population coverage of 1,820,000. interrelatednattireofthe rolesof,and co- UNICEF, 4s one of the executing agencies, operations between, United Nations specialized isproviding supplies, equipment and -transpor agencies.) through, the funds available from UNFPA, in co-- . operation with the Malatsian Governmfint, for the Among the various organizations concerned expansion of the, health centres and family plan-, n the United Nations drive for population 'curb ning servicesto remote areas throughout the in ASia is UNICEF. country. Duringthepasttwoyears,UNICEF has broadened its activities' to develop population pro- gran:Imes and projects. The Secretary, UNICEF Executive Board, and Chief, Non-governmental Phi I i(Op ines Organizations Liaison Office, stated on 15 August For the past three yea,rs, UNICEF has actively 1972 at a general meeting of the XVI International participated in the national family Planningq)ro- Conference*on Social Welfare,.The Hague, Nether- gramme. From July 1(970 to June 1;971, 14,445 lands:"The broadened concept towards family physicians, nurses, midwives an.d lay moti.vators planning 'is now recognized by UNICEF, whose were trained within the Philippines, and 135 per- aid originally, restricted to fafhily planning through sons were trained abroad. The lay motivators health services, is now available for other essen- were trainedto 'prbvide potential accepters in tial co-promoters of education and motivational their area with the right answers to,questions aspects of family planning...'' about family planning. UNICEF commitments in some countries in In September, 19711 25 teaching and training Asia concerning population programme work for hospitals in the Philippines joined in the, mater- the past two years were encouraging. At present, nity-centeredfamilyplanningproject, jointly UNICEF is one of the executing agencies for sponsored by WHO, UNICEF and the Government. UNFPA in major family planning programmes in The main objective of this project' has been 'to Indonesia, Malaysia', the Philippines and Thailand. introduce family planning within the context of .improved MCH services.

Indonesia Thailand g UNICEF assistancein Indonesia has been The role of UNICEF as one of the ,UNFPA directly concerned with strengthening family plan- executing agencies inThailand,isrelatedto ning aspects, involving training of instructors providing family planning training to all inser- for pars- medical schools, increasing the mobility vice health personnel by.1975, as from 1972/73. , 'of family' planning workers and provision of audio- This provision is in connexion with the existing visual education materials for field work. In the UNICEF Plan of Operations for the development latter half of 1970, UNFPA undertook to provide of health services in Thailand, which has been to the Indonesian Government, through UNICEF, operating since 1952 on a progressively expanding the amount of 4US854,000 required for the imple- basis. mentationof a three-year (1971-19730 family planning staff-training project. In1969, UNICEF provided stipends for the training of in-service para-medical personnel - At the time when the over -all plan for the in family planning techniques. During 1973/74, national family planning programmes waS, being UNICEF is providing 3,600 ladies' motor cycles prepared, UNICEF field staff in Indonesia assisted and 450 bicycles to field. service nurses, mid- the Government in planning certain components Of 'wives and field workers, after they receive riding the plan, in particular the component concerned and maintenance training. The purpose of the with the provision of two-wheel and four-wheel motor cycles is to, increase the mobility of the transport, as well as the development of an ade- nurses and midwives, enabling them to attain quate system for management, maintenance and wider coverage and thus serve a greater per-

repair of the transport fleet. , centage of the population. UNICEF also aims to assist in strengthening and expanding general health services in provincial and rural areas. Nie r The third UNICEF-assisted programme coin- menced in 1973. A three-:year pro/ject, it is in- Malaysia tended to strengthen, family planning services as an integral part 'of gerleral health services UNFPA assistance to Malaysia is with local provided -bythe Bangkok-Thonburi Municipal costs,' fellowships, equipment, transport vehicles,.,Health Division. As its component, UNICEF is ,and advisory services. -, providing 43 vehicles and a. mobile MCH unit. 24 A

Th strengthening of family planning services has become pori4of the UNICEF plan of operation

POPULATION VARIABLE IN DEVELOPMENT PLANNING Because the population variable is so pervasive,it cannot now be omitted from developm6nt planking.Its inclusion, moreover, ought no longerto be limited to /a few over -all projections in a long-term plan. Governments should equip themselves with pie information necessary to make more detailed projections of populationby age and sex and geographical location,for example) and shorter-term forecggts of related demographic parameters, such as occupation and level ofucation, over theperiod of a plan. Population could then be taken into the planning exercise as a regular poligy variabM. It would thus be possible to ensure that the objectives set for particular demographic parameters are mu- tually consistent and that economic and social policies are in linewith population policy. The unseenrealitiesof yesterday too often painfully become the truisms of today ... (Mr. Antofiio Carrillo-Flores, Secretary- , General World Population Conference 1974), PopUlation Publications

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The UNled Nations and the Population Question, Lion finally cleared away doubts. that the United by Ric lki-rd, Symonds_ and Michael Carde.r. A Nations should discuss, and even:`seek.., to fund - . Population Council book published by McGaw- family pWnning programnres. Hill Book Cconany, 1221 Avenue ofThe cas, Newoyork-N.Y.40020, -United States. 1973. " In1967,the"r1Lrus'Fund for Population 236p. SUS8.954 Activities"(laterentitledthe United Nations Fundfor Population Activities .(UNFPA)) was The aim of this concise and readapt° book's founded, the authors, is to" "attempt to trace, In rela- tiontoone parttcular question, population, the ppTThe :book" also eMinds a' of the Icground way which -the policies,iot the agencies of the tohe-forthcoming, WOrld Population nference UN system have evolved,.. in response to what in 19'74. The k. wer'e two earlier, stichconferences, forces; and in turn- what influence-thedecisions in1954 and,965, but they were regarded as 4 of United, Nations agencies have had op clevetop-.. meetings of experts only; the 1974 Conference ments at the national level the subject is willbe the very first"polaticd1,11 cOnterente,,, of consideble interest,for there are few on. attended by government delegations, capable of which such fierce passiOns have been aroused,' reqching international agreement'on rectmmen-1`.-", *and few too on whictiniitional as well as personal dations and a plan of ,action,-Alaa alkl attitudes have changed-so drainaticallyover the * * * period . .. The population question has not only 'Instronger emotions than any other activity Age Distributions (Pembahagin umur),1970 ffn the economic! and social-field;,,it has also cut Populatidn. andHousing Censusof Malaysia, rightacrossfamiliarinternational dfyisions, R.Chander, Department ofStatistics, Kuala producing strange coalitions; and, at tius-6s, more Lumpirr, Malaysia, September 19'73,198 p.in than. usually equivocal resolutions". .Malay and English.% The authors take the history of international" This publication presents,the Age distribution discussions of -population policy from the begin- of Malaysia as recorded ors' the -night of 24-25 ning of the League,o0NatIons in 1919, right up to August 1970. the year1970. Butitisinthe post-Second-r . , World-War years that the""revolution in attittideal' The publicativ is divided into two sec,4ons: gathers'momentutp; for those working, in the field ofrpopulation and family planning today,it may 41. The first contains ashort commentary on come. as a shoCk to recall from these pages that the findings (concepts and definitions; an over the changes have. all takenplace within the last ailview of agv-sex- patterns, age structure' of 19 years*,as 'far as international discussions the population of peninsular Malaysia; age struc- are concerned. TurningTpoints that stand out in ture in Sabah and Sarawak); the authors' clear and well-docinented analysis 61 are th,.efollowing: 2. The second 'presents a detailed tabulation of the age data, by state, urban and rural strata, In1954,, the Economic Comiiiission for Asia major 'community groups and sex. A series .of and the Ftr East began to give high priority to appendices proVides illustrations of age pyra- population. studies, India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia mids, age 'conversion. tables, (Western and .C.hi- leading the pressure for an active role; by 1959 nese) and Myer's test. it had been decided to hold a regional population conferenceAwhich took place in 1963. Itshould be noted that a ecial effort is made inthe. presentation of s document to- In1956,the hitherto optimistic Fond and, assist the lay, user in interpretsseti and usi' h, Agriculture Organization (FAO) began to report data: the text is clear and Simple, providing the that food output was, fatting. behind population non-expert the basic information necessary to growth, .which itself was accelerating. understand the figures

. The 195'7 'Report on The World Social-Situa- 'Book Distribution Programme tion,inwhich the chapter On populatio'n posed unambiguous questions on the urgency of popula- Ina number of Asian countries,the Asia tion policy initiatives. Here, a most powerful Foundation administers a boolt distribution pro- influence was,the now-famous Nysore Population gramme, mainly serving libraries, gdvernmenf?) Study, carried out in 1950arktyt 1951. agenciesand advanced-educationinstitutions. I Books 'on population topics mare included'in the In1965, many changes took place in the programme, details' of which may be obtailAd attitudesoTleading membersof, theUnited . from the Foundation's regional office. Nations;trithe same, year, a Declaration signed by many }leads of State [At the need for family The Asia: Foundation planning as a "vital interest" before the 'United No. 11 Penang Lane Nations; andZ -1966, a General Assembly resolu- Singapore 9

.t4 21, 2G Cambodg tart,: .1 oblj'Ine.s. doPopulajton Con/par/it/To Study of [h of talthtl Trends in I.:CAPE (Cambodia,popul".ItioW' fact...,and problems,1 by Countries - EC/WU:Ps Asian Population Studies Jacques Nliy.orn, 1:diti4Ins du Centre National de Series No la Recherche Scientitique, 1973., in French, 303p 1. (E,CN.11/1108), 90 p. . Thetip,tpartillthishook describes the The resulk of a study, the publicationcom- general context and trendspe5pulation distribu,- pares available. data compiled from 32 countries non, urbaniiation, minorities, fertility, mortality inthe., ECAFE region. Topics coveeed 'are,.re- and healthThe part is a more detailed gistered mortality data, trends in levels of inor- demographic studyIt should be noted that the tality. mortality to tosex ;Ind age, appli- bookJ.,;iita,ins e'xtensive st;tistacalannexes and cability of the Coale-Demeny Regional ModelLife an important bibliography Tablesto the ECAVE region, and inortality by cafiseof death. -Emphasis is on the post-1945 period,- for which inortdata are ava4lable, al- Consideringthe lark of population studies though earlier periods are discussed wherever on the Khmer- Republic, this book constitutes an possible. import/um contribution and stresses manyques- tions %hi.cli neld further 'study. -A limited number of free copies are available ijrequest.Priority in distribution Co govern-. .).4.4ent departmentsand-institutibus'Inquire: Jr learing House and'Information Section, Popula- "A. Case Study of ForestVIllag(i Systemin tionDivision, 'ECAFE Secretariat, Bangkok 2, Northern Thailand", Plicultv oT Social Sciences, Thailand. Chiang flat ;11nicographt%d, ,39 p., in Englis,h, January 1974. * * * Thisstudy.IsartiAni,-..orientedinord('rto The Demographic Express. A monthly .publica- .- evaluate and give recommefulatio,ns on the forest 000 of4the International Programs of the Popula- village system.It atu:rupts to integrate the geo- tion Reference Bureau, Inc., 1755, Massachusetts graphic, demogr!iphic ;11Hr-other background with Ave.,N,W.,Washington,D.C.20036,United . the output of the forest village system. States,First issued November1973.Free of charge. 2 p. * *OK . Anew monthly 'publication designed especially Centre de Recherche d'Urbanisme (Centre for for use by the press. Prepared ina newspaper . Research on Town Planning), 4, avenue du Rec- forMat and style,it pres'ents illustrated feature Emir Paineare, Ppris XVI. articlesand news"fillers"about population issues around the World. The arli lesare set Works available in English: in, standard newspaper type and printedon one sideofthe pallonlY,to enable newspapers which use, the offs .t method of reproduction A Human APproach to Urban Planning, by G. cut out Vie articles and ,run them as their to Meyer-Heine. 1968. 182 p. Illustrated. 18, 40 F. features! own. Contemporary Totch Plan ang, by W. Ostrorki. * * * 19'70, 180 0. Illustrated. 26, 18 F,' "44. / The/ Spatial Distribution ,of yrban PoPut tions IGCC News. A publication /of theecretariat, by R:" Bussii1970. 100. Illustrated. l , 40, Intergovernmental / Co-orc inatingCommittee, /Mallon. Suth-,East Asia Regional Co-opetaton in Family Urbah Center for a N w City of Half ,and Population Planning,, P.O. Box 550, Kuala' nhabitants, by E. Lelam/-11a7,ou and./P/Joly. / Lumpur, Malaysia.irst,tissife. (vol.1, No,1),' 1,970. 96/0 F.: April 1974. 4 p. ,/ Arch,iPosby RJagnan,. with the coltabOrat14 The first' issue of ,ttie IGCC News ccfnta,inS of Dry.j,:7ki. 1 2' 158 pi 26, 18 F, description of recent IGCC events. The Urban, wironment, Ameniticis antV City- Articles'in future issues will deal with aspects scaPe,by Leblanc-Bazou-, G.Cor9,nio and offamily and population planningtopi-omote J.1?.,Jgly. 972.190p. 'Illustrated.6, 18 F. increased awareness of contemporary events, inside and outside the IGCC region,so that mem- Aerial Photography. and City]Plazing, by \va- ber countries will be exposed to potential-modifi- rious .author'.1972.234 witphotographs. cations and/or additioneto their own programme's 26, 18 F. and beformed asto which funding agencies __a-peslIpporting the co templated modifications'. IndivIdua _.....e.linii!al Proceedi ngs of Elie tei-nati nal Planned d institutions are encouraged to ParenthoodF.e eration,. outh-Ea tAsia _and--- mr_La-tOn for possible inclusion in the Oceania Regio al Medic-and Scienti Conte-' gross, held at Sydney,4-18 Augu 52-.SOon- soredbyth Family Planning-r. sso-ciationof_ Australia. PIishedy tt aTatn-!_and New Zealand Jou nalo les and Grfecology. Informatidn Bulletin. A publication of the Popula-t 250 p.Obtainablp fro . Department of State, tion Council of India Kitchlew Mang, New Delhi- Age icy for Intornatio al Development, Washing- 3. Vol. 1, No. 1, April 1974. 1?p. tondD.C. 20523, Unit d Sates...... --7--.------EXamplesof items in Mk first Issue: "World _____- Organisations Geared for WPY"; "BGMS Takes 22 Family Planning To.Villaves", "Indonesia's Re- A Mutter of people, by, Dorn Moraes. Pjibl 1411 ed- t4t lisPd Programmes", "National 'Scene"; "Youth c_o-operationwithLINFPA,Distributed by Viewpoint","Hortida ORG Findings". Praeger Publishers,IllFourth AVenue, New 7 York, N.Y.10003,1974; 226p.,SUS3.95 soft P t11,711 C(71111(11 'ofIndia was.esta- cover,' 1]S7.95 hard cover. lilishedthree vuars ago with a broad range of aims and objectivs-including training, ed4,iatioi) This book will be reviewed in the rie)h issue and research and disseminating Information on of the News. population control and other allied problems, In addition to its bmii aoill of strengthening the role k* 4 of voluntary agencies and other non-governmental organizations and institutions engaged in work in thedifferentsectors of populatioil program M es . Otirriew.The Internationalifournalof Popula- tion -ttibraries, published by/Technical Informa- As a further step in this direction the thitrietill tion Service, Carolina Population Center, Univer will Pe a vehtcle for exchange of ideas and ex- sity of North 'Carolinaii( ChapelHill, Unite periences ifmong the voluntary agencies, ys well States, vol. 2, No. 3 (Fall .1973)? 24 p. as for infoyinajion 'feedback' to them. r Overuiew is a quarterly publication with . The Bulletinwill lay special stress on creal,-* stated aim of providinpopulation/family p an- r in1; -an awareness among the people at large of ning librarians and in ormation speCialistsith the pressures )14(4 problems- ereared by popula- a means of access tc each other and also with tion growth 011(1 will endeavour CO assist policy- a Ware to discuss common problems. Articles, roakers and opinion leaders In tortnurating ef- letters -and requests .formaterial by working feciirve policies and programmes based on speci- librarians, addres'ses of organizations, and ad- fic and reliable informirtion. vertisements of publications on population and on librarianship, are, given a central place- in thee. -magazines.Practical articles on basic library The Intensification of the Communication Strate- skills are designed to be as clear and instruc- gies to Family Planning Programmes in Rural tional as possible. The magazine is distributed Java with an EmPhasis Pa the Use of Traditional on request flee of charge to most organizations Communication' Networks,M.A. thesis.by Ronny inAsia,. Oceania.,the Near and Far East and Adhikarya. 1972. 117 I). Department of Commtuli- elsewhereinthe world. SubscribersIn Japan cation Arts and the Graduate, School, Cornell aig..,,.charged $5.00 per year and checks are pay- "niversity1Ithaca,New York,[united States. al17.to: Overview .Library Development Fund. The author -advocates the increased US(' of The issue, under review is dedicated to the folk entertainment, includiTig marionette and sha- First Population Library Development Institute dow plays, which have long been important chan- and the' Working Meeting on Asian Reurces nels of communication. lie stresses the de ira- for a Population Informafi n Network, wh h were tility of approaching villagers'khrough theiown held inBangkok, Thailand, between 5-15/ eptem- frames of reference.: ber 1973. * * * An Interim Reportonthe PoSt Enumeration Survey,by R. Chander, Department of Statistics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.14p.In .Malay and English. People -4Quarterl'S, ag.azine of the International PlannedParentho dFederation, 18-20 Lower In the firs( fivy censu,s of peninsular Malay- Regent Street, L. idon, SW1Y 4PW. First issue, sia no attempt was mate to evaluate the quality vol.1, /No.1, Ov tober 1973. 50,p. Published in ofthedatacolle,cteA through an En li'siI,Frenc and 'gpanish editions. Free to check. This post-en hile'ration survgy e first selects ti reade s;. pot free to other institutions one to 'be, carriedot in Malaysia and stows that and individuals on annual subscription of £2 in about al per cent of the population ,was/missed in United Kingd,om or $US6 (or equiv.)inother the census. Tyrfs report provides basic data on -countries. Subscription inquiries shquld be sent the populatiprf under-enumerated. toDistribution Department at above address. The'-use of two languages (Malay and English) PeoPteincludes authoritative feature articles in these publications makesit possible fOr them and reports from around the world of populmtion to bedistributed'outside Malaysia. This en, problems, plus reviews of important new booki courages)urther utilization, particularly in com- or related subjects. parimetrs-. The reports also 'serve as examples for .other organizations considering using two or more languages in publications. * The Population Bulletin of the Economic Com- Istilah Keludrga Bereilcana(Glossary of Family mission for Western Asia(ECWA) is a periodical Planning Terms).Compiled bytheIndonesian issued twice a yearin January . and July and PlannedParenthood Association. Perkumpuian covers activitiesinthat region on population Keluarga Berencana Indonesia, Jakarta, 43p. inatter1. No: 6 (January 1974), 1.80 p. . The glossary is arranged alphabetically list- To obtain copies of thePopulation ing family planning termsinEnglish and the requests may be addressedtothe Population Malay-Indonesian counterpart. Also liste.d- are Studies and Programmes Section. ECWA. `Organitations and other Indonesian publications. Box 4656, Beirut, Lebanon. * * * * * *

23 28 A Population CounciAnn Report 1972.Published Statistics.A monthly.magazine published by the by the PopulationCounc 245 Park Avenue,New Japan Statistical Association.Special -issueon York,N.Y. 10017UniteStatOr 13 p. Wor'ldPopulationYear,57p.(in Japanese). Collection of articles on ,world population pro- 'T is loinprehensivreview cvers the deve-, blems in Asia and Japan. er lopmont othe Counciwith detaled chapters on * * * its c.leinogr phic, bio medical ad technical as- India.Edited by K.E. sisqnce,. di. isions.Summarie aregivenof Studies on Mortality in sources of Vaidyanathan. PubliShed by The Gandhigrara In- publi'ations and infmation is.ued;v stituteof RuralhealthandFamilyPlanning, funds grant And aut iorization ;and fellowships. GandhigramMaduraiDist.Tamilvadu,India. * * * 1972. 400 p. Monograph Series No. 5. A collection of papers by 30 scholars, the PoPulatio R.search in ThailandA joint public- volume isdivided intothe following sections: ation of te'.East-West Population Institute (East- measurement of mortality; analytical mortality West Center,1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, studies; impact of changes in mortality; and life Hawaii96822) and the Instituteof Population tables andprojections. Studies ChulalongkornUniversity, Bangkok, * * * Thailand. 1973. 12 UNICEF News.A quarterly publicationof the United Nations Children's Fund, Public Inforena- Designed as a ideto-researchliterature on tion Division, United Nations, New York. 44 p. the population of Th Itke volume is divided into a 25-page review o ocumentation and r8sto 78, December11573/January 1974 is a a-634-item bibliography. specialWorld Population Year issue entitled "Children ina, Crowded World". Included is a * * * statement on UNICEF policy by the Executive Director, Mr. Henry R. Labouisse. Psych&ogical Perspectives on`PoPulation ited * * * by James T. Fawcett. Published by Basic Boo World PoPuldtion arisi: The United States ges- Inc., Publishers, New York 10922.. pons'e, . by/Phyllis Tilson Piotrow. 1973, 2'76 p. ublished as part of the Praeger Special/Studies Acollection of articlesby' 28, Writers on gramme. Praeger Publishers;111Fourth "populatiork psycholoiy". This work is divided e, New York, N.Y. 10003, United States. into sevenartsdealingrespectively with:psychological perspectives on fertility; the social The author trace.s the development of United context; consequences of family size and popilla- States interest in.,,problems resulting from the tiondensity; research on methods of birth con- populationexplosion,bothwithin and outside trol;some measurement issuesinfertility; America. The evolution since.1945 of attitudes, researthrelated to social action programmes; policies andprogrammesis described. Anac andtraining for psychological aspects of popula- countis included fat the United Nations role in don. ' Ovulation programme work. * * *

The International Audio Visual Resource Service (IAVRS) has been requested by the Interagency Coordinating Committee for World Population Year to act as 'a central point in the collection apd dissemination of WPY materials.

A catalogue of 29 recorded English language radio Materials for the use of bona fide information agencies such as broadcasting stations, heducational institutions, public affairs organizations and other informational and nhtionalssources which wish to assist in promoting WPY is available from: IAVRS, Dorland House, 18-20 Lower Regent- Street, London SW1, England.

Additional information for the Population Calendar may be sent-to: Population Division (P.op. Calendar) ECAFE Bangkok, Thailand,

2i World Population Year

' GETTING THE MESSAGE. CIRCULATED trtivers,ity of Sydney support of WPY, India and Indonesia in o-operation with FAO, have issued four new Advanced course in population dynamics. coins on the theme "Pianned Families, Food for BANGLADESH All". . . Pictured is the five rupiah coin issued by the University of Dacca Government of ,Indonesia with the design of their Research projects on the "Growth of Popula"- National Family Planning Association- a mother Una inBangladeshi! and "Evaluation of the ;andfatherwith their children':' The inscription is "Planned Fa,milies for National Prosperity". Family Planning Programme in Bangladesh ". 4A seminar on "Demographic StUdies in Rural Indiawillissuethree 'bins, all similar in' Areas". design, in denomimitions of 10 paise, 10 rupees and- 50 rupees, with the wittonalfamily planning Popular and scientific articles on the popula- symbol acouple with two children enclosed tion of Bangladesh in the newspaper-S. with the family planning triangle,with the inscrip- tiv "Planned Families, FtSad for All" in Hindi Pantl discussions on radio ,and, tel4ision. anti English.. BH t TAN effor, sinfamily plariningwill be inensified an'd expanded in rural areas. Cor ereni,eto discuss the proceedings and issu s of the World Population Confeience ando adopt appropriate devices to promote fanifiwelfare in the country. Film strips on family planning to. be shown before \the feature film in all 'movie theatres. Publication of highlights of the World Popula- tion Conference in a special /complementary issue of leading newspapers. Issue of a WPY stamp._ REGIONAL ACTIVITIES- WORLD POPULATION YEAR HONG' KONG . World Population Year (WPY) activities are Family Planning Association of special interest to`ECAFE, especially as they encourage the development of new tosols of com-` Seminars and panel discussions on population rntinication and theutilization of existing ones in relation to education, the family, health, so that knowledge may be shared at all levels economics and the environment. of society. ECAFE follows up its distribution of WPY materials with requests forinformation Special publicity projects. on activities. INDIA Population correspondents from 18 ECAFE countries have reported a variety of activities The' Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta being ,organized by their institutions. These vary /Committee of eminent scientists in the fields according tothe resources of the institutions. /of demography, family planning, anthropo- They might sometimes ericounter difficulties in /Inetrk and human genetics .has been formed implementation owing to/ the lack of a special to co-ordinate WPY programmes. 'committeeorsecretariatappointedto bein charge of WPY activities. Preparation of an album on the family planning communication aspect as a medium, for mass Among the 4known WPY event`' are: education. AUSTRALIA I Demographic Regearch Centre, Dharwar Establishment of a committee to co-ordinate Seeies of newspaper articles (in the national activities related to WPY. language) on all aspects of population problems. National population inquiry. Public symposium on population problems. Increased contributions to international agen- Lectures ,onall-India radioin English and biefor demographic research `, the regional language.

25 Sri Venka teswa ra, University INDONESIA "Poplilation Dynamics". Indonesian Demographers' Association. Extew-,lonlectures andtraining courses for key leaders on "Population Education". Exhibitions and films oh' population proldems and family planning. Interuniversity debate on the subjeot "Popula- tion Growth Adversely Affected Social and Inclusion di population aspects in the curricula Econom Developm 01101. of all'uoiversity faculties. Exhibitionsandfilmshowson -population Publication of a newjoupal entitled oMajalah education and famtly planning. DeniografiIndonean, from which popular articles will be r/printed in local newspapers National sernilian on "Population Educ.ation". and magazines.; University of Delhi Analysi4 of /data fromthe 1971 census of 1(alonesia..,/ Seminars on"Youth and Family Planning" and "Problems of Field Worker's in Family Analys0 of the results ofthe 1973 fertility/ Plimning". mortality survey. Interna ti ona IInstitute°,forPopulation Studies, Concerted efforttoassistin, implementing Bombay therecommendationson populationinthe second Indonesian fivie-year plan. Compendium of the history and development and various teaching and research activities Sriwijaya University of the Institute. Survey on in fat and child-mortality in South Jadavpur University Suinatva. Study on "Mjgration and Regional Differences Training 4.)gramme in popUlation education inPopulation Growthin .India, 1921-1971". for high smol teachers.' Construcf°ton of models to predict...the future Institute fo'Regional Economic Research, Padang populjtion and employmentsituation in Calcuttpand Bombay for the next two decades. NeVs,Paper articles and radio broadcastson populatibn problems... Population Council of India I KAP study. Publication.of a'population. bulletin. ARAN Action-corn -reserirch project demonstrating theeffectivenessofintegrated health and Establishment ofgovernmentalandnon- welfare services for the family in urban set- governmental groups and committees. tings through non-formal education. National popultion conference from which the FamilyPlanningAssociation' of India (FPAI) r'ecommendations and resolutions will be published in Persian and English. Children's competition in essay writing and drawing and painting. Preparation of a cumulative list of Iranian newspaper clippings on population and family Publication of a book on population, in Malaya-, planninginIran, from the beginning of,the lam. formal prograin.me (1967) to the present, in English and Persian. entitled "Down toEarth" designed to link up the interdependence of environment, Providing, materialsforthe miss media: development and population. radio and (television progra mes and ''news7, papers. Confer/onceof ,all voluntary organizations in obser,Vance of WPY combined with a celebra- Issue of special Stamp tion /f the Silver Jubilee Year of FPAI. Pahlavi University Workshop on population problems for local Family Planning Foundation high school teachers. 'Increased motivation and 'education of volun- Lecture series on population for local televi- tary organizations engaged in family planning. sion and radio stations. Assistance to the press, e pecially regional, through development of soiree materials for Publication of a book entitled Migration in articles, commentariesetc. Iran: A Quantitative Approach. National symposiOrn on population develop- Un4Versity of Teheran ment from which the report and recommenda- Seminar on population problems and family tions will he published in bOok form and sub- planningfRiPkrthe faculty and medical school mittedtothet World Population Conference. personnel. '26 Exhibitions Essay competition. i, r, Panel discussions on television. 1, The Population Planning Council .. Statistical Centre of Iran , Publication of a book reviewing all aspects of popujation planning activities in Pakistan , Population growth 'estimation project which over the last two decades. ,ill continue from 197.1 to' 1976. JAPAN PHILIPPINES \ Inauguration ofa1 2- In edlbe f"Japan Youth Philippine General Hospital ,,,' Coalition"for WPY composedofstudent Printi4g '!World Population Year 1974" on all orgai.w.ations and private enterprises, inclutl- materials givento family planning trainees ing mass media. , and accepters. . .,. ... Rese:t rchmissiontothewestern Pacific Lectures, films and exhibits on population and countrie.s family planning. Semfnar 'on"AsiaYouth and Population"r Slogan contest. . KHMER REPUBLIC Symposium on _population and.familyplanning? .Establishment of a national population com- emphasizing WRY. mission. University of the Philippines \IV Natrbnal seminar on information and educa- Research monograph entitled "Population and tion. Economics: Studiesin Philippine Demogra MALAYSIA phio-Economic Relationships". University of Nueva Caceres' Family planning/population growth exhibitions . / i 11States of Peninsular Malaysia. r on population education for /.mayors Familyplanning and population Orientation, and rio captains. ,,,, courses for teachers throughout 1974. Univer t,of the East

Department of Stag:sties 0 i DistrAK7I ion of informational materials. Population, 'reporto fortheCominitteefor ., International Co-Ordination of National Re- Bull On board displays. search --rn' Demography (CICRED) reviewing, thegrowthrateandtrendsin 'Malaysia. Con °cations On population and family life. NEPAL REPUBLIC OF KOREA Radiobr(dallicasts. Establishment of a national programme for WPY. 1 Regional/10(1cettral Series of 10 television and radio programmes on the impact of 'population growth on socio- Distribution of booklets, posters and WPY economic development, the environment and Materials. resources, food, employment,education, Publication of "postaltickota health and welfare. Population symposium which will be attended NEW ZEALAND by planners, profesSoys,," politicians and ad- University of Auckland ministrators. Graduate-level course 6n evaluation of inter- Seoul National Uhiversity national-pbyulation programmes. WPY monographonthepopulationof, the Graduate courseot:1 Populationpolicy in de- Republic of Korea. veloping countries.. . Conference On "Population and Development of Korea". PAKISTAN Nation-wide seminarin reproductive medi- University of the Punjab cine. r Preparation of a monograph on "Past,'Present Korean Institute for Family Planning andFuturePopulation cf Pakistan,'tobe * a presented at the WPY Conference. Nation-widefertility surveyin accordance :-.,, with the Worldo Fertility Survey Plan. , University of Karachi Susan National University Lectures on' the importance of WPY and the contributions of the United Nations. Training courses in population problems ;tad,

I .32 27 familyplanning for army personnel and em- day on the theme "Small Families are Happy ployees offactories. 1.'11.1111 1 ". Special newspapereditionsonpopUlatiOn Production, of an illustrated booklet "Papilla - problems. Bon and the Quality of Life", to be used by the, YWCA inits family life programme/ it F1111(11111';of translations o( resource mattrials into national,thngunges. THAILAND Establishment of national 'commission to planand co-ordinate WPY events. Radio broadca.sts. Above ,oWorldPopulation Yor come, piorotiv stomp Distribution' of printed materials to 'target issued on 10 A,pril. by the Republic of Kor 4b.Illustrotd is groups... theWPY sy.bol,theearthand otwo,. ildfothiiy. Th Republic Or Koro is one of several es in the ECAFE regionemphosiLingthe importonc of py with special Training .courses' for midwives to improve stomps. their efficitt'ncyin both services and motivation. REPUBLIC OF VIET-NA.M National Statistical Offide Nation-wide household stimble survey on population chal-acteristics. Survey'of population change. Exhibitions on population and WPY. Participation in the preparation oldie CICRED monograph on the population of Thailand and a Training course in demographic techniques. paper for the World Population Conference. Seminar en population problems. National Institute of Development Administration SRI LANKA Four speNal courses in population science. Establishment of a committee to co-ordinate Population research projects on "Population an action- oriented programme for all govern- Problems in Metropolitan BangkOk-Thonburin, mental and non-governmental institutions. and on "Family Size Limitation: A Socio- Psychological Approach for Policy Planning". Broadcast the Prime Minister`°s message on WPY in Sinhala and Tamil. Radiobroadcastson family planning pro- gramRre S Study informationaloutletsconcerning family planning at, the small-town level: Cbmpilation of a Ceylonese bibliographyon population, family and community, social and cultural change and religion. Institution of an interministerial working committee on communication.

Population Office .)fthe Colombo Plan Bureau Filming of -a Girl Guide Association puppet Above Panelists on "OneWorld! For All" 'Discussion PrO- gramme at Government of Thailand's Public Relations Depart- ment auditorium, Bangkok, 16 Morch 1974. From lek Mr. Decho Sovononondo, 'Secretory-General oftheNotionalYouth Centre of Thailand, Dr. Supa Malakul, Director of Psychologicol Health' Centre of Thailand, Mr. Banchong Chufikulchat, Secretary-General of the Notional Council on United Nations Education (modrgtor), Dr. Yupho.Uclomsok, Assistant Dean of Faculty of Social Science, Mahidol Univecthy and Dr.'Winich Atsavasona, Director, Depart- ment of Medical and Health Service, Minist1y of Public Health.

Leh- The exhibition for World Populati'an Year at the Government of Thailand's Public Relations DepartMent. Bangkok, 16-22 March1974. 28

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Ye . PRINTED AND VISUAL MATERIALS FOR WORLDPOPULATION YEAR

Center for Economic and Social Information UNICEF vraliNheet on populationE/F7N and a blank version for overprinting in other (CESI) languages The Secretary -Gene rI's announceineol of World Popidal Ion Year (WPY) and Declara- UNICEF poster on population F, 'S and ablank ver.lon for overprinting in other bon PopylllonStr.iliittyfor Development(CE,NI/WPY-11)1 Adop tool,a1 the second language. Asian [to/ ulation Nov 197.1 Byertmlatneng the texts of the se, m ia ry --Genera I's annoomt o Wept and the Ur. la ration F rent hand Spanth In prepartiou

World Population Conference (WPC) (CESI/WPY-13) A leaflut on the aims and orgato- UNIC EF News (No78)0 Seyv rat arts ten on population nutters and faintly luting in ',ion of WPC. int !epilog the agenda of the Confer., e F India, Bangladesh Chile and Mauritius Spectal issue on population E/ F/S

Population Tribune 1974 (CF:S1/WPY-7) ,t.18-page tlItistrated booklet presenting the UNICEF and populationA 6-8 page fold-out with pholetgraphs and srt texts E/F/S napt, .1mi-rte. of youth lodavPopulation programmes, development and youth involvement rot-tinseleratem al national, regional and internallonal levelsE, Color slideSeries im inundation problems IncludIng ''The Urbait Child" (Colombia)

Population Afour-Page .implement to ttllevotlopment Foronl" featuring tAlty, tATC, Short flints on population problems In Senegal, Indonesia .1[14001er tropical countries demographit tram:Hein, impul Oita. 10,11,1, etc,t vailattle in quaintlyF. F'S Science fiction film onpopulation World Populattont year poster (CESI/WPY-1) A single 76" s Z.1" t olor sheet featuring the WPY symbol E'F S German and a blank version for overprinting in tither lang- For information regarping UNICEF' mtterials, ante /titUNICEF' Information Liaison uages UNFPA, tinted Naito., New York, N Y10017

Population 1974A 12-yheid pholographo on.plav set iair learnt 13 1'2" x ID 3/") International Labour Orgrisa II on (ILO) F. F S and a blank version fr,r overproning In4,, The Rising Tide.11.0look.,atthe populatjon problem on a global seal,. A 40-page Photo SelectionA tour-page Crilingual kE,'F 'S; sopplensenCof "Development Forum", bizoklet with slab...heal tables, graphs and IlloSirattons E/F/S displaying sample photographs available (riff..the United Nations system on various aspects of world foqn161tIonAva tea bie at the Reference Bureau. CF:S1 dem., United Population: Challenge to Social Progress: A fo' ur-page illustrated leaflt t showing what Nations, Pala,. de. Nations, Geneva, Switzerland , 11,0 ts doing to a 110V1i1 to the faptilalloil problem E/F/S

Random BibliographyofPubliCations and Visual Materials (CESI/WPY-12/Rev. 1). Population and Labour tan of(prtntcrowthe October Issue of Inf rmaRon - an ILO A listoftic hmo al materials on population profite Ud by the United Nations and Its publication)A four -pogo ',Andy of the' social and labour consequenc.e.s of rapid popula- spot l.11lted agencies English only ,,fion growthwith illustrations and graphs. E/E/S

WPC wall' sheetA-23" x 35," color wail sheet (Available in early April 1974)F.:, F/S. Population and En/sployntent (film)A 10- minute animated Cart op Min on pppolaiion and employtnentEnglish vers Con aittillableIn February19 French, Spanish and Youth and Population(CESI/WPY -7)a 48-page illustrated booklet presenting pie Arabic later major concerns of youth ImlayPopulation programmes. development and youth Invottze- !mni fur considratton national, regional and international levels E/F/S In preparation.

Unless indicated iltherwkse, CESI materials may be obtained from Centre for Economic A 32-page illu.strated booklet based On the shove film E/F/S/ATabic andSocialInformatton.United Natitms, New York, N Y 10017 or CESI Reference Bureau. United Nations, Palais des NaINI, Geneva, Switzerland Series of posters drawn from the flInes color panels1.:/t/S and a blank version for overprinting In other languages United Naito. Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) For information on ILO titaterial.s, write toInternational Labour Organisation, Public Questions and Answers on UNFPA. Leaflet on UNFPA What It Iswhat It floes. how II Informalnon Branch, CH-I211 Geneva 22, Switzerland. work sE, F/SiA rant(' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) World Population Year 1374A flyer on what the United Nations Is dotniz aims, prin- ciplesnut programme approach of WPY. roles of Governinents, NGOs and youth WorldFood and Population Problems by William PawleysExtracts' from the FAO E./ FzS Nutrition Newsletter, vol. 8, No. 2 (1972), pp. 1-'7. E/F/S.

World Population Year. Purposes, Principles, Programmes. A 20-page booklet des- Population and Resources. by G. Myrdal. Extracts from CERES, vol. 3, No.I (1970), erihingthe WPY - relatedpritjects and programmes ofthe United Nations .system, pp 51-60. E/F/S. Governinene1,, NGOs and private grodp.sUseipl foe WRY partleipanis, from the community' to the international level. E/E/S CERES. Vol. 6, No 6 (Nov./Dec. 19131 A special iSNUO,pn population - featuring development, pupil:Mon policy, family planning In China, etc. E/F/S World Population Year Bulletin. A monthly newsletter edited by'liNFPA Subscriptions should be addressed to World Population `fear Secretariat, (INFRA, 485 Lexington For 'Information on FAO materials, writeto:Library and Documentation Division, Avenue, New York, N Y F./E/S/Arabic Footynd Agrlcultuce Organization, Viatedelle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy.

World Population Year 1974. Youth Action. An eight-page illustrated pamphlet outlining United Nations Educational.'Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)- theeffortofthe United Nationsto achieve close youtth involvement with WPY programmes at the local, national. regional and internattonal levelsE/IF/S" The Role dr UNESCO In Family Planning Communication. A 29-page report on UNESCO activities in family planning communication programmes In some developed countries Population, the Multilateral Approach. A 48-page booklet ilescrIhinkthe planned global (1973) E /F/S. ojeets of L'NFPA and the resources it will need to implement them. ' Populatiop. A chapter from World Problems in the Classroom by Herbert Ahratham, UNFPA Report. A 60-page booklet mulninartzliq the projects and programmes undEr- 223 p ,UNESCO (1973), containing statistics on world population and the role of the takom by UNFPA from 1969-1972. imitating Its 1972-1975 work plan E/F/S United Nations system in population prohlems (pp 109-115). World Population Year 1974 CalendarA waLl calendar featuring graphs, tables and For information on UNESCO materials write to: UNESCO, Place de Fontenoy, 75700 figures on population dynamicsEnglish avatRilde, French and Spanish In preparation Paris, France - (limited)Remtests .shoulth be dlrected.tto World Population Year Secretariat, UNFPA, 485 Lexington Ave . New York, N Y10017 World Health Organisation (WHO)

Unless indicated otherwise, UNFPA materials may be obtained from Centre for Econo- World Health (January 1974 Issue). Several articles eihowing the iRkgfactions between ' tine and Social Inform:0ton, United Nations, New York, N Y10017 or CESI Reference family planning and the quality of life, and explaining family planning ,In a gocio-cultural Bureau, United Nations, Pala is des Na lions. Geneva, Swataerland. context Useful to WPY participants at the national level. E/F/S. United Nations visual service Family Planning for Better Health by Wllllam Porter. A three-page article in World Health (Feb.-Mar. 1973 Issue).'E/F/S. Population and, development. Approximately 30 rough -cut film sequences (7-15 minutes each) calling world -wide attention to the interactions between population and develop- For Information on WHO materials, write to World Health Organization, Avenue Appia, ment(The Arst group of sequences and a alemOnslratIon reel of,representatIve se- 1211 Geneva 2'7, Swtizerland. quences wi(ltbe available In January 1974, the others at a later dale). They are designed for local eilFfing and voicing International Rank for. Reconstruction and Development.(IPIRD)

Information onthe (11111 sequences may be obtained from the United NallonsItIsual PopdlationPlanning.(Sector working paper). An g3-page bookreflecting an 11311D Service, United Nations, New York, N.Y 10017 examination offamily planning (Including contraceptive methods), PoPulattim targets and'proJections. Useful for WPY participants at all levels. E/F United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) World Rank Atlas. A 15-page reference booklet with statistic,: on population and GNP Picture stories on population matters and lamely planning In India, Bangladesh, Pakis- 4 per capita fori'each country listed In regional tables. E. tan,Iran, Turkey and other developing countries.(7" x 10" photographs with text). English only Doctors and Dukuns, Puppets and PHI.. A 44-page illustrated book describing Indone- sia's family planning programmes. A useful book,at the community and national levels. UNICEF and family planning. (E/ICEF/Misc. 144).A brief of UNICEF's E. position concerning family planning1 page English only. ,To obtain IBRD materials, write toInternaHonal Bank for Reconstruction and Deve- Reviewof family planning. (E/ICEF/L.121111. Aspects of family health with special lopment,188 H St.,ECW., Washington, D.C., 20433 or 2 avenue d'Uena, '75 Paris, reference to UNICEF/WHO aNNINlance 40 p. E/F/S. France. s

29 3 FIRST ROUND-UP OF ECAFE PIEMBER COUNTRIES' ACTIVITIES REPORTED IN SUPPORT OF WORLD POPULATiON YEAR 14X4 .. 4 AcCivitiesResearch Anti Tea. ticsinj. Conier racesSeminars/ . ss Media m i.. 0 5. a' .-, .5 § ti 0 -.A' c ,.. -, m 0m ".... ., mL. .-,-m ..1 i'., `4.. § a4 , W000 0C ,> . >4 4. 0..4C ,C .,4 ' 0.00 m ,.4M MI w 0 0 > .0 0 4-1 C o ,1 m M 0 0 m 40 0 . i - < U >I Z 0 . r 0 a F R, 0 C tl , .C. 4 K Z U4 0 AUSTRALIA . _ . NCOGovernmentUniversity,ofAustralian NatiQnal Spine?. University ______4 BANCLAFESHBHUTAN Department of Statistics, University of Dacca .___. ' INDIA IntrnationalDelhi.-School Instituteof Social Workfor Population Studies _ . ___ 111 jadaVpUrInd'iorpStatiatAal University Institute . -. , __ . , _7 °ID_ ' Popalati-OnIndiad Chamber Council of Commerce of India -- _ _ Family Planning- Association of India (Population education) ' Popui t,i,,on Education Branch (Bangalore) - . __ A Demographic-Sri- yehkate;wara kesearch University Centre Vidyagiri _f__ . , _ _ MinistryDemographic of PlanningResearch Centre, Dharwar . _ . _ INDONESIA ' . - InstituteLembaga Demografi for Regional Economic Research, Andales , ( , _ _ 'SriwijayaMedanHasanudin UnivksityUniversity University . ., __ __ IRAN Sal of of Public Health , ' .t_ - _ . StAistidalMinistry Nntee Health' :_ .- , - ...,..,,,_ _ - MinistrySchoolDepartment of of Public ofHealth, Demography Health Population and Family Planning Division . , . A ---,------r - . . ._, , ,JAPAN co Pahravi'Univers,Ity . , a . . i a I! Japan Youth Coalition f. WY 4 ____ 4.--- ... .4%illoske-. eliall KHMER REPUBLIGs Ministry of Health- a- .LA05 WdAltIA Natirnal 1,tatintical Uffi!ce ' a OFFAL DepartmentFederation of StatisticsFamily Planning Associations' a b NEW ZtiALA/fD UniversityNepal Family of PlanningAincklasd Maternal Child4Lealth Project PAKISTAN SocialDepartment Science of Research Gtatistics, Centre\ Karachi Punjab University PHILIPPINES NationalCopulation Connittee Planning - Population Council Commission SchoolRamonUniversityPopulationFamily Magsaysay of Plalin/ngEconomics ofInformation Nueva Award Organization-Caceres Found'ItionUniversity Education of the Philippines ' I -4 REPUBLIC OF KOREAUniversityKorean Institute of the East for Family Phoning of the Philippines __ "to BusanEconomicInstitutePopulation National Planning of and Reprdductive UniversityDevelopment Board Medicine Stuuies andCentre Population _ a - 0 SINGAPOREREPUBLIC OF VIET-NAM*National Institute.of Statistics _ SR7 LANKAAsian MassMinistry Communication of Information Research and Information Centre _ THAILAND NationalMinistry'of Statistical Health Office _ HONG KONG MahidolNational University Institute ofDevelopment Administration _ Hong Kong Family Planning ASsociation V , (Based N.B.on-activitiesto a letter ofreported inquiry-from in letters the PopulationfromECAFE UnitedpdPulation countries States Division, notBritish includedcorrespondents Solomon ECAFE) because Islands,- of absence Cook Islandsof population and-Gilbert correspondents: and Ellice Islands. JP China, Nuance, Mongolia, Nauru, Netherlands, USSR, United Kingdom, as of 15 Narch in response a

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TYPES OF ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED IN COUNTRIES FOR WPY I Committees Research Teac ng\ Con- ass WPY media Total for i2+3+4 5+ +7 ference 1 8+9+10 11-18

Australia 2 1 1 Bangladesh 1 3 Hong Kong 1 3 India 6 2 8' 15 Indones ia 5 9 3 5

Iran 2 3 4 2 18 Japan 1 1 Khmer Republic 1 3 1 Laos 1 Malaysia 3

Nepal 4 New Ze alana_ 1 Pakistan 4 Philippines 1' 7/ 17 Republic.of Korea 1 3 8

11 Republic of Viet,- Nam 1 Singapore 1 1 Sri Lar# a 1 A 5 Thailand 1 2 3 Regional offices 2 3 4 9

Total 13 33 38 29 102

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WORLD ,CHILD POPULATION 0-15 YEARS OF AGE

Litt DEVELOPED REGIONS iescIsfigure represints 100 million children)

1970 1,108 million 01

1,391 1990 million

MORE DEVELOPED REGIONS

312 1970

e . sm 19110 million

DISTRIBUTION OF WORLD CHILD POPULATION (045), 1970 by nailOnat par Capita Income lavala 5500 or less (each figure represents 50 milhon children)

0 ustral'an Participation in World Population Ye lation Plan of Action and on those..aspects -The 4,Foreign Minister of Australia, Sem or ofthepopulation issue which willnot be. Don Wirlesee, relea,seci a statement on the Aus- covered by the Conference. tralianPopulation prepared by the Australian To assess workdone and to project fu ure " National Committee for Wor1,4,i Population Year for distribution at Alit,World 'Population Con- action by young people and youth -orgy iza- tions andto ensure continuing involy merit . If J2.eil rri n Bucharest. beyond World Population Year./ . . 'The22- page. booklet,entitled' Australia's Toco-ordinate the views of young people Population: AsPgcls and Prospects, surveys, de- and youth groups and to prepare"astrategy mographic trends and expectations in Australia, for youth participation in the World Popula7 4 and economic and s-ocialfeature'srelevantto populationsize,distribution and composition. tiorb Conference and the Population Tribune. The bookletisdesigned to promote informed The Conference programme will includean discussiononpopulation issues and stresses analysis of youth activities iii the population field facts rather than policies. Lnidertaken to date on subj cts suchas edUea;tion, health services, human ri hts, environment, etc. The Australian Government pledged contri- and an examination ofe' topics of the World ° buttons to internatioy(al agencies concerned with Population Conference. population planning:and .reSearch.. The 1973/74 grants were: Emphasis will be on evolving joint action and plansfor concrete follow-up afterthe World $A 223,000.to/UNFPA. Population Conference. The proposed World Popfe- lationPlan of Action will also be reviewed. A, $A 125,000 to IPPF. communique will be prepared at the conclusion of IYPC for pPesentation to the World Population $A 18,000 to the Poptilation PrOgram of the Conference. Organizat,tortforEconomicCo-operation d Development (OECD). $A 10,000to the InterntiOnal Union for the World's Population. Stars In Rossellini Film Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)*. , / * ... Roberto Rossellini, NGOs Support WPC 1974 whose filmsOf te past 4, three decades ,hav, .placed The contributions of non-governmental orga- him among a small, handful nizatIonsin ponsultative status, with the.,United of all-time great directors, NationsEconomic. andSocialCouncil ,tothe Is completing a docum n- success of the World ,Population Conference at tary for World POpulioh Bucharest,19-30August,willbe, especially Year,1974. The' fil is important. Many parallel activities to the1 Con- commissioned 'and fin nce /El ferenceare planned,inclu,ding .the PopulatiOn by UNFPA. Tribune and events devoted to the concerns of- ,youth, The Conference of NGOs to ECOSOC has The actualfill-ning, assumed the responsibility for organizing and WillW4cti*OMM three months took Mr. managingtheTribune,whichisintended to fRossellini's crew 'to Eu- establish a framework 'that would give not only (Consolidat.1 Ness PicturesAv.-) rope, Africaand South the academic community but also those concerned Rdbeito RofsOlini America. Before that, how- with the moral,,philbsophical,religious, economic everi, selections were made and cultural aspects of population matters, the from 450,960 metres of film already on file.' " opportunity of participating in discussions com- Footage sent by the Soviet Union and China will plementary to those held in the Conference itself. also be part of the finished film. Information on $lans for NGO activities may Asked what lie hoped the film would accom- be obtained from Mrs. Michael Harris, President, plish, the director re-pli4d: IlWe,want to promote Conference. of Non Governmental Organizations a vast, world-wide dialogue between people by in Consultative Status withthe United Nations which an awareness of different ,Cultures can, Economic and Social Countil, International Social grow and flourish. The film is a question mark. Service,345 East 46th Street, New York, N.Y. Then answers must come from the people.:1 He 10017. addedthat reactionstothe documentary will be filmed and added to 'the documentary, creating International Youth Pppulation Conference an exchange of ideasthat could be continued, indefinitely. The International Youth Population Conference , (IYPC) taking place in Bucharest,, Rumania, fropi 11 (c) 15 August 1974 has been organized by international youth organizations.'a TIME RUNNING OUT Th%objectiv,es of IYPC are: (Editor's note: The folloWing is the entire 'text To ensure that young people and youth groups of an article that appeared in The Hindu, Madras, concerned with and actively involved in the India, 6 January 1974.) field of population, are given an opportunity The main. objective of World .Population.Year to exchange information and to make their (1974)isto highlight the 'fact that the earth is views knownontheagenda items of the seriously overpopulated and concerted action. at World Population Conference, the_World Popu- national and global levels is urgently called for

6 33. .,,, save it from disasterIt the turn hithe Celltnry.v ION 'EDUCATION AT'Sy-IVIMER SCHOOL whit isIndia, doing about it? The record is not encoura4ing..,1.Vith oVer 13 millions addi.sd to th=e' Macquarie °Utilversity-(6ganizedia summer "populat,i)m eveey year ;ityid the developing politico- schoolinsupportofWorld PopulationYear economic world-situation putting.illifilellSestrain activities-K Australia from 13 to19 January. on IttiOCOHOMICresources,Illari-rCarlillilfi.01.1 itsobje(tives were to(1)provide an overview to ;.;() about implementing. Thefiimily planning of popuyation, problems, create an awareness proiU;111.11110 at,the present slow paceu, As evidence changittg population pa4tteens .11 'Vide a bPttei' of-rtsearnestnessi in according iMportante to the undei;Standing oPeducationa eeds withipAustra- family planning sector, the Government no doubt hiv7ancl(2) contribute to revelOping, a process resisted _thetemptation tocutthe allocation whereby a community could examine itself and earmarked forit.By noW the authorities must whatitwas doingtocope with its particular have learnedt 131 mere,proviston,of fuids-ini- popujation.problems. portantasitis, doesnotinject dynamism to 'theprograM/Ile'W11110ithas no douht ,inade a Participants pal-ticularly examined: 41 significant impart on the urban population, parti- culany the educated and compa ratively ;be tter (1) The lack of knowledge of population pro- off sections, the programine has failed to reach blems in the Australian community and recom- thevastmajority of the peopleintheru al, niended that a nationalclearing-housebe areas -who--seemtobeo going on procrea ing established inassociationwiththeNational proliticallyiondertheimpressionthatmore Library; Babiesmean More handsfoxwork,Fantil,' c / planning cannot make much headway until this (2) The need for an integrit .eci approach in attitudeis changed. What is"therefore neded is populatOi and family life education at al-rlevels; a. new, direction to -theprogramme.to ,conVince i e " , the peopleinthevillages and chens that not. (3j 'fhe ne..ce sity of legal reform-, Pa p/ticularly onlytheirownbestinterests,butalsothe ,ononc s and family /planning questions;

country'slieinhaving ,,fewerbabies. And as . we advoced on an earlier` occasion, the Gdvern- (4) Areas of futurei activities,and particulitrly mem wOuld bejustified'inresortingto some in inteim,ational co=aiptiration,, coercion,.; iCnecessary`,(0 makepeoPle limit their fiirailie. The proceedingsof the summer school are' * .r.to be published. , Theprd'pagandahas been hithertd largely direvted towards educating married couples ,of (fro'mMrs.VimyWilhelm!i Chairman, tht-,benefit they can derive ifrom addpting faqmily FederalCouncil of thy,, FarriilPlanning . planning methods-. The social aspect has been Association of Australia) v kept in the. background. The time has now\-- come

0 to make the people realize thesocial implications . - of their action and attitudes.Infact, the dis- WHOTapes onfPopulatpii. cpssions at the international, Planned Parenthood. , Federationconference.. inOctober' last,year The Veirld 'Health Organization (WHO) Radio stressed .the fact that "t should be in theinterests SbT'vice has oretared thfirst 'series of pro, of %the State to give the individual all necessary, grammes onfamily? plan g for World Population/ information and knowledge about the consequences Year under the sponsors ip of UNFPA. <00 of possible choices, from thepoint of view of / society as a wholeOn the ether hand, it should Three of the programmes are on countries in be in the:individual's'interest to exercise the .ECAFE region:,' Iran,Philippine.S andtire decision-making in such a ..way thatit would ,be Republic of Korea (Sri Lanka and Indonesia are for the benefit of society as well". in,Preparation). -The programmesconsist of ., half-hourfea-tures and interviews of political To drive this point home to'the vast illiterate leadeFs, medical personalities, etc.., who, disCusc massesirtitherural areas 'isafriskhighly the relationship .between health and familplan- expecting.' butitcannotbeavoided,ifany ning. improvment isto be rhtsgistered iti linking birth control with economic development.. In'thak ta k The, tapeS are available free of charge and the Government, voluntary agencies, yillage-levl will he airmailed from: workers and sociologists have a-lottodo..But tlayAlo nothave ,fill' the time ,before them.' Wdrld Health Qrganization, 1 - Division' of Public. Information,' 121J Geneva 27,, ICy'A Working Group on Population Ques.tioris Switzerland. , The International. Voluntary\Age,v C'ouncil.of tiv cies (ICV,X) met fi'om 17 to- 18 January 1,974, in ' "Our pledgeto the United Nations d for., Geneya.Themeeting was attended by representa"-, Population ActivitieSand the Ihter4tiottalP1ttried "'fives of 21 non-governmental organizations :W1-!-__,_ Parenthood, Federationwillbe multipliedON/e 9 inter governmental bodies. The working-aoup times, from$N-Z 40,000to$NZ. 200.000. This tivr,terlspecial attentiontothe subject of the . seemed tous fitting ,"way tO;,,,Wigrin World W.rld Population Plan of Action,...the final drift, Popuslation Year in1974..." ryf which would be presented to fish World Popula7,- tion Conf;erence for acceptanc,e. The Hon. Norman Kirk, . cies wetie asked tocontinue.tdexen;iSe infliience Prime Minister of NewZ31.11-and, thgr. .e rn=in en ta experts 2140,,d." tegatfo 8"with addressing; the 1973 Annual tostrengtheningt so thatt would Conference of the United Natforls tier ,.e a malor',wchieve -17if the World cPopu AssoCiation of New Zeallipl: lam( Conferenck

/7 PfiitippRSes WRY Progrcimm Varied III. Information/communication activities r P, ltf public 1)1 the 1,Radio, TVnand cinema spot announinents. nes are planned and car -or att-4-14y-etNa anal f:teminutee t c ri posed of members of the3oa14ii .(a) Radio. spot anirouri"cenivats 0 Popu- of Comini::;sh 0-the ContiOsision onopula- lation Year amiappropriate poptil n I iessages. non' (POPCO,M) with Sec terary Estefann Aidaba,- A one-minute spot arinounceme atpropriate Liin as chairman.,The Board of Comi,tssioners times and intoKvals on allri stab ins in the.% h appointed a 'technical committee, composed Philippines will.itfarranged POPCOM son to r staff and reprc.'entativps of agencies, ',Whowillimplet mit the plans V)) TV spot anm once lentsa three-minute, andprogram in esofOleNatio alC01111111tt 'e filin-stripon, popul, n activitieswor.i,d-aAvide and in the Philippitte appropriate messages) ,yipesare '.gearedtothefour gen( ral at approp/iate tires s .and intervals onall 11-'V Prog.ra une.,% enunciated by the WPY Commi tee clAnnels th Philippines 4411 be 'arranged. in. NeN, York. Following are extracts froni the outlitiof specific ,activitiesfortheYea as C annburrcements a three- plann«I by the National Committee mint. e m-st population activities-world-it wid andin Philippines before every I. Researchistudiel/surveys .5!1/ leg in 0 mas in greatpr Manila, chartered j: 'ewes' or towns in the PhilippinesSince A most uriportant expecise in population plan thenumbe of,!opies of film-stilipswillhe ning which ,may be started ,in, conlunctiiy iwi h lese w 11be scloduledfug-rotations tine observance of WPY would be the survey)f among. ti(laret inemas.1 , Philippine copulation and re,sources, a,ebrnprit hensive study of the coufitry's populatton in le 2 /0 rid/ Popu Toll Ye' d ?1 newspaper, context ofitsovEl-all geography ard 'plann g; andiblications.. resources. While such a,tivity will bundertakn / in order to determihe ' framewor/ -kr a guil Publishers/ ofeWspape s and magazines will national policy on poi u aLon and r,lated iss b /enlistedto prOc_.ipate in the observance, of the,,survey mayffurther identi fieas one ofthe PYH The WPNational Comn 'ttee has 're- eWPY activities in orde, tounder.'core the itn- gnested the dislay of he VPY,Lhematic symbol portanceorthecon( )tOfr, tionalteal nc fie newspaps th'to gh 1V4v between population and/esourcice 0 The stfaly Will, in alia, with the folow' 3. News it ms anfeatures. - ing intermediate iss A susttai red oern'ation campaign lhr ugh An optimumopulatior size for the P the newspa' ers d news magaYin'es on WPY pines; messages androgramme' activities illbe . . iromotedrroug197C, An 'pptimiyrn population density/distribution; 4. L ttewriting (nlass rntailin all chair- / men of barangays or citiz ns' assm lies (51,0004, An op4 um national population structure-4municipal and city mayor(2,290) and provincial.. in ter)rlof .agegroups; , . govei-nors (72) of indivi tiaf letters containing An/optimurri. distribution of the effective WPY'messages, the &ince n.for human popufation paPulationi among the different productive problems and the needr dynamic approaches./ Sector, ' takinginto account growth. po- The letters to lonil °officials will also enjoin tent,i is of the various sectors; ..,. concerned to iniTate° their own WPY actiyi-tles, __ ., such as group. discussions within their respective (`P),P,rojeest,ion.softheover -all -Philippine areas and comunicate totheir constituents ,,-----" populationatdifferentfuture intervals with .variable population programee-Srfc! the ,fledft)rrrass involvement ineffectively ,sectoral inputs; dealingwithp pula6on problems. The mass\ ) mailing activity will be started in ,January 1.974. / (f) A capacity review.ligd study of'thepopula-, 0 bun programme and dblivery system in , *a.t to A . order identify and minimize existing IV.' Special activities,y, I It' constrains'. ,- , Q -s i .. - t. 40..04',1. The creatfon,of a sMali full-time secre- The survey will very likely extend bey'Ond .tarials to assist add suppOrt the National Sorn= 1974 and it is the.t funds front external mittee in carryirirout and supervising all WPY sources will be obtaineto augmegovernment aCtivities,,throughbut 1974. The secretariat will inputs into thisolmportant-prodect. be headed by ,ian Executive Secretary who will also be responsible for working out th'e details II.Training andforma-1andinf6rmal education -of the WPY work in 1'974, and providing liaison andco-ordination with the various groupsto 1. W.prldPopulationYearthemes- will be carrie'dnder existing regular population training be involved in the obsenrAnce. and edUcation programmes. The significance of 2. Reproduction in-poster form of the)general World Pd-pulation Year and the world-wide effort orderof the President of the Philippines on in .examiningthepopulationpi-oblerri will be World Population Year for distribution and display Goriveyed'to students and trainees through existint throughout the country. (rainingandeducationactivities.Information. materials on WPY will be dispersed through the 3. World' PopulationYear calendarshave sauce projects. The World Population Year film beenprintedanddistributed bythe N tional willbe shown to programme trainees during Media Production Center and the familyarming 1974. organization of the Philippines.

35 "IN Everydey, about 3.9 billion mdiahluals. In the aorld tab a knife and folk, or a spoon, or chopsticks. Of lust the fingers of their hand, and call on the resources of the earth to bap then) Alin lust for one mote day. For most, the earth seems to yield only grudgingly Rill.

This year Mother Earth will have another80,000,000mouths to feed t `e rear obtiiii irinnii bat,. ,jeo the rtee .0, /1,I nil, Tra wri Pepulatioirand V,IIh Rd" x1111 .rbreIS '01,1,01 leal swenn by ...re .21.01S, tee stile ,Say Abele . Ica.h sec,d Population and feed Product. The ne.1 1. ally human bon, n mad Potpie can make to'sts 0.1.e en Intleno and es, co sr es ans nether 1nen JIP ..,11 ;111111,1 lnlum Ml nut *Munn slags Jeasne aid wens cl1 Item ssrll nnr, .se ovens slost l. 4. sae In., eslrernely poor parents HI Me This world IS unle 'lustmanaging user Ins rood /sS ye. Morel.. Ms 'send ease or:Arran lie. food stuffs, are letting produced .11,,,r, re, pour 1140tes 11, lenry JTV in "lust" SurbemnIquaelilneS 10 mantan the same sPe .ornrn.11,4 10 1,Ce1,1111'1,1, average PrOduction par person as 20 seen ago .trt g.r.cg leery, selerabi le,no,g ane afranging rr . inadii and Serve. are available to mem Tricia' is a further problem The OrldS {Seeable alb 27 tending to change Mel/ diets [very tiny Mete iS M.o.,. of Iles year Ms wood will rave sce sotall incothes to tountry the peukle 41.10. Thrl lend to demand note protein espeeVally meat THis ofadding a who. sew Leneral 10. dlet riinee added to the general pressure on lJOel .ir *note new Nunn Airir aor four production cuSncl by the mow populat ion nuoltefl rtedroghl ter ce ler Aeld a !he 011ene, eseanS that the world will hare to make A %role hen.1 Me 11r. Yea, nen place begin, again Na Ina filo serge S 01 changes In the pattern of production ISO Iapp 1.40 iig iO The s...ted rIshons has Jeri/sled 11,1 as W01,1 The United Nations has declared 1974 as World. Year 1/01110 this altenl.n .11tea Population Year Donna this year attention .111 br e, the ...rang.; ene:', illrho mine% . WORLD POPULATION YEAR 1971 a ,rte WORLD. POPULATION YEAR 1974 reined to the wide ranging effects Al the world{ , *Units Notrens fund ter Nadal. Activities iLliejUnitsel /Clans Fund ter Pepulahon Actlyitlo. rising P.0111a11011 on nlar,f future on 11113little .11 Lame. Menu New NY IOW .15 Losingten Avenue, Ni. Yen, N.Y loon planet 5

The world Is urbanizing; " Imillions migrate to our already crowded cities with . drum of a Uttar Doubling world life. For most In our urban slums the problems of food' population supply, violence and lack of jobs have used to take turned their dream Into a nightmare of 3000 years... frustration and despair. 4# - woo dpopulation'... UrbanIzatten end Pepulotten more than a problem " r:nrebernr arena nw saa of numbers

The *odd es. whole is "urbanizing the people are pelonIng to Iles In cities mare -then in the countryside. This massive InIgn1100 IS taking plans even in the very poorest countries, whore it is hard now it takes 45 enough to support the existing city populations. The reason? tilt illfsstyls. of the cityderellor, with his greeter choice of occupations and ,pending: they would 'other take choncs In slum then Researchers estimate that until about 1150 the number of people on earth has increased stay In ire nits,. end small towns. A.D. the total human population orthe world fourfold. At the, same time, of Course, the pro- The risks ore obylObs pressure on food isupPlres; had not acceded 500 million. The to of duction of fool and Clothing Inas increased Crime and violates wising out of trustrstion in the grovgh in the preChrlstian era is bellevad to be enormously, health standards 'have improved, slums: lack of additions! jobs end incomes. And. exceedingly small and the total population may the inpnuity of man has hArries.sed nature for it the other end of the town-ward drift, decay of have taken 3,000 years to double itself. power and ransacked the earth for materials. Country fife The PoplgotSOn ploblero is not one of .9 numbers stone, but of balances at Rut the growth rate began to accelerate with The United fiations has declared 1974 as II" e' / The United Notions has declared 1970 it World the corning of the Farming'and Industrial Pert:, World Population Year. During this year atten Populotion Yea. Owing this year ottontion will to lotions, and In the 209 years between 1650 lion will be Called to the wide-ranging effects celled to the wide - ranging effects of the world's of the world's rising population on man's future ,7 arid 11150 world populitIon doubled again. In , psing populotion on mans future on thislittle on this little planet it" lonel the next SO years to 1930 It doubled once more. And at current rates, It will have doubled once s &WORLD POPULATION YEAR 1914 att WORLD POPULATION YEAR 1914 again by the end,orthis year. So from 1650 Unite/ Martens rung frPeeilistien Activitin Unites, Nation. fund ten Pepolstien Activities ' COQ to 1975, Ina space of a century and a quarter, 445.1.exIngton Avarua, New VOA N.Y. 10017 III le lea 1100 its fete 015 Windt. Avenue, Na. Vert, fly, 10017

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Japanese parliamentarians and ECAFE Forinformationregardingitsinformation' officials confer materials collection,specific requests for the Guideto the ;CCCt Clearing-house,. the books holdinglist, We vertical file materials holding list and/or the/serial extras lists, write: IGCC P.O. Box 550 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Evaluating Family Plannipg Materials The ECAFE meeting on evaluation of educational materials usedinfamily' planning programmes was held at Bangkok from7' to 11 January 1974. The session was 'organized by the ECAFE Population 'Division as a part of the project on evaluation of educational materials used in family planning programmes, with financial assistance from UNFPA. The participants were senior officials res- ponsibleforthe communication component of national family planning programmes in India, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea, As part of an Asian tour, a group of Japanese Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The meeting parliamentarians and officials visited Bangkok, was alsoattendedbyrepresentatives of the from 27to 30 October 1973, for consultations following' specialized agencies: the International on population questions.During their stay, the Labour Organisation, the United Nations Educa- delegation met Executive Secretary Mr. J.B.P. tional, Scientific and Cultural Organization and MaramiS and other officials of ECAFE. the World Health Organization. Pictured, fromleft,are: fornier Japanese The following aims were accomplished .fat Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, now a member the meeting: (i) to discuss and review the status of the House of Representatives and President of the pretesting and evaluation of educational of the Japanese Organization for International materialsin selected countries of the ECAFE Co-operation in FaMtly Planning; Mr. Hirofumi region; (ii) to prepareSet of guidelines which, Ando, ECAFE Population Division staff member, while theoretically sound, should be simple and who served. as interpreter; and ECAFE Executive convenient for adoption by production agencies Secretary Mr. Maramis. in,-the national family planning programmes; and (iii) to recommend their-use. ECAFE Travelling Seminar The ECAFE Travelling-Seminar on the Ad- ministrative Aspects of Family Planning Pro- grammes was conducted from 24 October to 10 November 1973. Theeight participants frOm Malaysia, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Japan were drawn. from national falba), planning programmes, related ministries and academic institutions. The seminar visited Thailand, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Japan. In each country participants observed and discussed spbcific aspects of "various administrative principles4 and practices of the national family planning programme.

Th cover symbol for the EastWest Cominunication Insti- tute bulletin is dsign.d by Mrs. Lorrain Harm. It illus- IGCC Clearing-house trot's Dr. Wilbur °Schramm's bli.f that "Human Commu- nicationis the web of socityth process by which -Kuala Lumpur - The Inter-Governmental Co- knowledge is exchanged, decisions arrived at, role and ordinating Committee Clearing-house for family relationships signalod, and social change eimulated and and population planning information materials is directed".%Th News wlc'oms the opporthity to share now serving IGCC members as a referl centre. a message conv.yd in .a unique way. 4c 37 Importance of Systemitic Hand lin?' bf Infor- fl inttrvitluttlhave the li3Ooe human right mation freelV, and responsibly the number :Ind ,,ixteing, of their hildren and to have the inft5r.- niftliln a t1(111- Nti)rary, rt,Crit.V;11 ;Ind tilY,Nn1110 m.ifion, tdut..ition ;Intl means to do so; "titMaS the theme of a regional seminar held at Bangkok from 26 to 30 March 1973. The seminar .1. The responsibility of, couples in the exer- was organized by the Asian Nlass"Communia- cise ofthisright should take into account the bon Research 'and Information Centre (AMIC)in needs Of their livi.ng and future children, and the- co-operation w:tth the National Research Council coin mum ty: of Thailand. Participants attended from 11 countries: India, Indthiesia, Japan', %,lalaysia, Pakis- 5. There is a need for the p'rovisiori, of er- tan,Philippines,, Republic of Korea, Republic of tain minimum standartls'of health, ,education and Viet-Nam, Singaporei,Sri Lanka and Thailand. social security in order to improve the quality oflift'andleadtorationalreproductive be- Topicsdiscussedincluded the information haviour; needsofthe ,social 'scientistina developing country; information technology; organization of 0 6. Good maternal and child health contributes material; channels and forms of dissemination; tothewell-beingof the family, and the nation and co-operation and o-Lordination among libra- andisfacilitatedby small numbers of births ries and documentation centres. which are well spaced during the prime reproductive yea rs; 7. Improvement of the status of women in the family and in society contributes to smaller family size andthe opportunity for women to Regidnal Consultation Preparatory to the planbirthsimprovestheir individualstatus; "World Population Conference 8. International co-operation will contribute The regional. Consultation Preparatory to the tothe achievement of national population goals World Population Conferencg was conducted at and to the larger goal of world population stabi- Bangkok from 7 to 10 May 1974, under the auspi- liiation and improved quality of life. ces of ECAFE. It was attended by 22 representa- tivesof Governments of ECAFE member and It was further recommended that paragraph associate member countries and 23 representa- 23 ofthe draft Plan of Action be replaced by tives of international agencies. the following: The Consultation wais addressed by Mr. Rafael "Countries which have very high birth rates Salas, Executive Director, UNFPA; Mr. Antonio areinvited to take action compatible with this Carrillo-Flores, Secretary-General, World Plan to reduce these rates by about 10 per 1,000 PopulationConference;Mr.J.B.P. Maramis, before 1985. Such countries should endeavour to Executive - Secretary,ECAFE; andMr. Leon achieve replacement levels of fertility in two or Tabah,Director,PopulationDivisioh,United three decades or as soon as practicable. (Most Nations. countries achieving such goals would stillb9 growing at a rate of over 1 per cent per year The purpoe of the Consultation was to dis- and would continue to grow for 50-60 years to cuss the draft World Population Plan of Action levels two or three, times their present popula- intheregional context and to clarify attitudes tion). Developed couhtries should aim to achieve: and positions regarding Asia's contribution to replacement levels of fertility by 1985, if they the World Population Conference. have not already done so, and near-stationary population growth as soon as practicable. In the The participants observed that, with respect interest of allnations and the common good, to population policies, especially those relating the aims should be V;1 reduce the rates of popu- to family planning, the ECAFE region stood out lation growth to or below the' following levels by distinctly.It was noted that the Asian population 1985: an average of 1.7 per cent for the world; problems had already received considerable at- an average of 0.6 per cent for the developed tention from the region's Governments, regional countries; and average of 2.0 per cent for the intergovernmental agencies and non-govern- developing countries. mental organizations. The prioritiesof Asian views are contained in the "Declaration of Popu- The meeting recognized that the population lation Strategy for Development" adopted by the problem. had acquired an urgency and a signifi-; Second AsianPopulationConference, held at cance which was universal, anciNvarious actions Tokyo in November 1972. guch as the celebration of World Population Year and the convening of the World Population Con- Although the draft Population Plan for Action ference were timely and welcome. It expected was endorsed in principle, it was proposed that thatmember countries of the ECAFE region the following 'concepts should be included in the would extend full support to the United Nations draft Plan: inter alia by adopt-it* national policies and programmes in keeping with the spirit of the World 1. Recognition of 'na-tional ,sovereignty in de- Plan of Action. ° termining national population policies. should be given a prominent place in6the principles of the Plart Themeetingconcluded that Bib proposals made during its regional consultation should be 2. The transition from high birth rates to commended to the World Population Conference low birth ratesisasessential a part of the forinclusionin the World Plan of Action, and development process as is the transition from that proposals not approved should remain as an high ,death rates to low death rates; Asian variant. 38 45 Workshops for ECAFE population corres- Math' it pi ,`.11i.li (111.11P+11('Ili`, pondents in Indonesia, 17 -18 September 1973; tr,ht. Cyr `d..1111I'd and g.ry(f an oppoi limit), to ex- and Thailand, 6-8 December 1973 ores irie.tiation why (killto k(pf, iiifoia 1,(nt.,. time 'I'iiSecond l',1.111 Pupl4l,01141 ri4lIerente cull/ [hi cuilictluIl.11111 ((I Thus, there .r, general agreement that the (111'111.1111M be Mu. Ilia pa pi itv items ono' waripe to take sy!,tenintic action to solve foraction,f)artacularlyillrlemilyme, informa- into! [nation problePro4 hot iIn the dissemination tion problems thoffigh analysis of such questions aspect +reaching the right recipient) and also in aswhat ..ire the harrier:. u1 the glisfnonomtion thetailoring of Intormatlun something r-,earch whv isthere.tneed to N1111(11 is needed where itis, needed,- tailorintormationin !.pecifi audiences" Ptr In Indonesia, more stress was laol uponIn- \on Conference mandates ErA ternsll problems of circulation Local universities has planned series of pil'ot national workshops felt isolated and had difficulties,in contacting each forits population correspondents The first No other and the main institutions in the capitalIn 111I(i toIndonesia and Thall'alld had a similar where the majority of institutions are 'formata forum of correspondents looked atI) located in Bangkok, this, problem received less the general problern of population innomation at attention. although there were voices to atIVIWatP the institutional level, the problems g(if utili- thecase of the provinces zation of research in 131,111IIIIIV, .1110 Ifffittraityning, and, the setting up of systematic poceduros Both `countries placed considerable emphasas for iAxchange of information. on language problemS and were concerned abdut adapting foreign materials Into, the local lang- Thee participants reviewed the existing slum- uages. However, there was slightly less concern tiemuttheir r'ountry as seen by themselves as about fiftWIthilg in an international language trans- producers and consume's of informationThen lation -. transformation of selected national mate- they discuntsed steps neessary to solveson)(of, mats 'Chi participants, particularly in Indonesia, the problems. gave higher priority to national consolidation as afirst stew in order to be 'in"a better position The detailed results and recommendations of to co.-operate internationally. each workshop (inEngliSh) are available upon request fromthe ECAFE Population D vision, Participants experienced difficultiesin re- Sala Santatham, Bangkok 2, Thailand. The work- lating the production of and (wlization of infor- shops were conductedin the national langmige mation.For example,the "consumers" voiced of the country and the reports are issued in the many complaints,butwhen the same, people national language and in English. spoke as - "producers" they saw the problems quitedifferently,not as "the other side ofthe Comes of the report in Bahasa Indonesia can same coin". ECAFE believes more efforts should be obtained at the Lembaga Demografi and of be made to modify traditional academic attitudes the report in Thai at the Institute of Population by stressing the role and responsibility of the Studies. They were first prepared in the national research worker as a producer/channeller of languagetofacilitate dissemination inside the the Information collected. The logical follow-up -,country. is to encourage the devePopment of ayrofessional group of channellers. Many action-oriented recommendations were made. Both workshops recommended the urgent ECAFE has been very encouraged by these establishment of clearing-houses to collec't and two national workshops, which provided the coun- disseminate information tailored to the needs of tries with an opportunity to discuss their ,prob- users.InIndonesiaitwas felt that one 'Of the lems freely, in their own la4guage and to sug- major functions of a clearing-house would be gest solutions appropriatetotheir own situa- to overcome the administrative barriers in the tions. circulation of information, whereas in Thailand a major expressed need was the circulation-of This year a workshop has been organized in .information on research in order twavoid dupli- the Republic of Korea, andasecond willbe cation of research efforts. organized in Pakistan along similar lines to the first two. (Pictures on p. 40). The complete reports with the detailed list' of recommendations are available. AsianPopulation Studies Series No. 20/A, Indonesia Integration of Women into DevelopMent The United Nations Regional Consultationfor AsianPopulation Studies Series No. 20/8, Asia and the Far East on the Integration of .Women Thailand into Development with ,Special Reference to'Popu- lationFactors was conducted at Bangkok from 13to17 May. The Regional Consultationwas organizedby ECAFE inco-operation with the A few comparative remarks on these work- United Nations Centre for Social Development aft shops Humanitarian Affairs. In both countries there is now an awareness The 53 participants chine from 21countries: oftheimportanceofpopulation information, Afghanistan. Australia.Bangladesh.France, which has been overlooked owing to traditional India,Indonesia,Iran. Japan. Khmer' Republic. academicneglectof such questions,itbeing Nepal,Netherlands. to New Zealand.. Pakistan. considered more urgent conduct research Philippines. Republic of Korea. Thailand,Union than to worry about what happened to the results. of Soviet Socialist Republics. United Kingdom:

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United States of America, Western Samoa and New Director for IIP5 Papua New Guinea. The Federal Republic of Germany,Israeland Switzerland attended as observers. Other participantswererepre- Dr. J.R. Releformerly sentatives of United Nations organizations, spe- assistant director of the cialized agencies and non-governmental organiza- International Institute for Population,Studies tions. chembur, Bom- bay, India,. has been formally appOinted as The objectivesoftheconsultationwere: Director. 1. To review the progress made nin the/ areas of interest.to those participating in the Consulta- Bytraining, a ,statiti- tion,inthe impletnentation of.the .strategy for , cjan, sociologist and de- the Second United Nations Development Decade, mographer, he has been and the Declaration. of Population Strategy for associatedwiththeIn- Development for the ECAFE region; stitutealmost from its inception, first as a 2. To t!ontribute some of the basic informa- traineein1951. He has tionnecessary' forthe mid-term review and a master'sdegree .in appraisal of progress in implementing the Inter- statistics from the Uni- nationalDevelopmentStrategyforthe Second versityof Bombay and Development Decade, leading to,fecommendations a diploma in dethography from LIPS. Ije received for positive measures including 'new goals and his Ph.D.in sociology with specializations in .policies needed; ° population,familysociology,social research methodology and modern sociological theotfrom 3. Topromotepoliciesand programmes the UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,Ca., among the countries of the region based onan United States. awareness of. existing and potential interrelationships between the status of women, develop,- Dr. itele joined the teaching faculty of LIPSin ment and population, and to exchange ex.periences ' 1965, and was promoted to the rank of professor in promoting the integration of° women in deve- of demography in 1,968. lopment. By the status of women is meant their legalstatus, eduoational level, training, extent Professor Rele hasto his credit scientific of participationin community and public life, contributionsin various fields of demography, natureofoccupation,employment andother includingfertility,mortality,. ,migrationand economic activities, and rights as to marriage, 4 family planning. His methodology for the estima- during marriage and at its dissolution. tionof birth rateand other fertility measures from census data is well known, and is useful for countries which are lacking in adequate re- The consultation endorsed the recommenda- gistration data.--The methocris discussed in his tions of the_International Forum on the Role of bookFp.rtility Analysis Through Extension of Women in Population and Development. (Reported Stable'. PopulationConcePts, published bythe in theWorld Newssection of this issue) Instituteof International Studies, University of California: Participantsfurther recommended that"in formulating programmes aimed at the advancement of women, Governments, ECAFE and twit- governmental organizations,,a.s an initial step can, establish separate programmes exclusively for women where for ,example"their status is low and where discriminatory attitudes towards wo- Population Projects for the Republic of men are quite strong. The aim of programmes Viet-Nam forthe advancement of women, however, isto ultimatelyintegrate their Ictivities with men A working meeting on population projects for and with all other sectors '6f the population so the Republic of Viet-Nam was conducted in Saigon that wonien do not remain isolated in their acti- -on3 and 4 April 1974. The 33 participants in- vities. Separate programmes for women should cluded officials from various Government minis- therefore be appropriately phased out as women tries and representatives from the United Nations gain more confidence in themselves and,as men and other international organizations. accept more readily the role of women as equal partners in development.Itis important that The purpose of the meeting was to establish progress towards the integralion of women in a national population institute which will function development be monitored, by national, regional as a center for research and study of population' andinternationalagencies. Suchmonitoring problems, training of personnel involved in popu- should be carried out within the framework of lation and collection of demographic data. the strategy for the Second United Nations Deve- lopment Decade." ECAFE offeredtoassist the Republic of Viet -Narkin the following areas: (i) feasibility study of projects proposed by the Government in TheConsultationwas ioaugurated by Mr. the field of population; (ii) training of personnel Maramis, Executive Secretary, ECAFE, by organizing subregional and regional courses and addressed by Mrs. Helvi Sipila, Assistant and provision of fellowships in population; (iii) Secretary-General for Social Development and improving the population data collection system; Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations. The clos- (iv) field trips or study tours for officials working ing remarks at the consultation were made by in population and related fields; (v) setting up a Mrs. Sipila and Mr. P.H. Siriwardene, Deputy system to utilize research finding's through selec- ,Executixe Secretary, ECAFE. tive dissemination.

41 Greater Use of KAP surveys uttlitation of -mass media in an integrated way, Designedto falitate more effective use of and in liaison with extension and field workersi KAP (knowledge, attitude and'war tice) data on. (iv) to produce experimental radio programmes fainily, planning, a project is beingcatried out for evaluation. bythe Roper Public OpinionResearch Center, Mass:it/Apse tts, Sta tes, under whichthe SEADAG Population Panel Seminar Center Sims to: -7-N, Thik South. East Asitr7Development Advisory (1.) Assemble in one place theraw da,ta from Grotip of the Asia. Society (SEADAG) will conduct maj9r KAP surveys conductedin recent years, a,,populution panel seminar on "Implementing a Total National Programme for Fertility Reduc- (2) Editandreformiit accordingtoRoper tion"in , Bali, Indonesia, from. 12 to 14 august Cc-in te Ca bons, 1974, ` -(3) Place the data in .coniputet; data bank. The purpose of the seminar, according to the designed far rapid and flexible information .. re- sponsor, is to bring together persons who have trieval, and thoughtabouttheproblemsofimplementing nationalpopulation plans.It seeksto,foslar by (4) Re-disseminate the datiCtb mlarified, in- discussion and the sharing of information, n w terested researchers throughout the world for insights intothe prOgress already made usi the purpose of comparative, cross-culturalre- present methods of fertility reduction and the search in numerous aspects of popUlation and prospects for employing)th'em in the future. family planning problems. ' The project is sponsored by the Agency for PacifiC Science Association- 13th Congreks International Development. The13Th Pacific Science Congress will be . N.. Information on data sets available,. inquiries held from18 to 30 August 1975 at Vancouver, regarding price and other puestions should be Canada.Thetheme' of the Congress will be directedto:Roper.,. PublicOpinionResearch "Mankind's Future in the .Pacific". Center, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. 01267, United States. An international, non-goverpmental, scien- ,t tific organization, the Pacific Scienc9 Associa- tion draws its membership from countries or appropriate areas within or bordering the Pacific Rural and Urbcin 'Population Projections Ocean, or with territorial responsibilities within the region. Currently, it has 46 member countries The ECAF Population Di.visioii, is working on rural and urban population' projections for or areas, and7 honorary member countries. countries of the ECAFE region. Projections will Objectives are to "initiate and', promote co- consist of two sets: a shbrt-term set covering operation in the study of scientific problems re- the period 1970-1990 and a long-term set cover- lating to the Pacific region more particularly ing the period 1990-2100. those affecting-the prosperity and well-being of Pacific peoples; and to gtrengthen the bonds of The object of the short-term projections is to peace among Pacific peoples by promoting a assist countriesinthe region by providing a feeling of brotherhood among the scientists of basis for planning for the Second and Third United allPacific countries". Congresses are held- at NationsDev .lopment Decades. The long-term intervals of abOut four years. projections, brevealing economic, social, demo- "

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,01110". New WHO Liaison Officerto ECAFE D,r\ Philippe R.J. Tags,in has WHO Regional Office for Africa inBrazzaville, beeli appointedto the post first as Regional Adviser in Public of WHO Liaison Officer with as Public Health Administrator andHealth, then the Economic Commission Assistant for Asia and the Far East, Director of Health Servicesl 1. Bangkok, replacing Dr. W.H. From 1967 to1972, he served at WHO Head- Huehne. quartersin Geneva, as Medical -Officer/Public Health Adminigtrator dealing with."problems of Dr. Tassin graduated from community health servicesintheDivision of Paris University in medical Strengthening of Health Services. sciences ,(M.D.) and in tropical medicine, in 1950. He Meanwhile, in 1970, he spent five monthsat (then obtained, a Diploma in the Johns Hopkins School of PublicHealth and Public Heatth.in Montreal, Hygiene,Baltimore,Maryland, United Slates, Canada in 1957. where heimproved 44, hisknowledgeof health He joined the World Health planning, management, economics ofhealth, sys- Organization in 1952. tems analysis and operational fesearch. From 1952 to 1961, he was assignecl toseve- In 1,973, he was reassigned-tothe InstitUte of raltuberculosis controlfield projectsinthe Economic Development and Planning of.theEco- Middle East, Africa and theIndian' Ocean re- nomic Commission for Africd, atDakar,Senegal, as PublicHe'alth Administrator/Adviserto-the gion. From 1961 to 1967, hewas attached to the Institute.

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TRIBUTE TO THE EDITOR

Mrs. Leah Frances Newick,, atthe age of 48, formergCAFEstaff member, died ofcancer Zealand. on 28 April at Auckland Hospital in Auckland,New 'ECAFE cabled her husband that had established the Asian "her capable contribution and enthusiasm tion.' Population Programine News on a solid founda- Leah Newick began her writingcareer in New Zealand as a New Zealand Woman's Weekly staff writerand later as assistant editor. Prior to her appointment to the Population Division, Leahheld the post of editor for the Mekong Committee of the UnitedNations. Mrs. Newick was editor of the News from 1972 until her illness inJanuary of this year. She is survived by her husband Conrad. In hei passing we have lost dear friend. a skilled journalist as well as a warmand

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Promotion of commercial sales of contra- AFGHANISTAN ceptives is planned; the post-partum approach is being intensified in all hospitals and Clinics; International Activities of the Bureau of the awi, gradually, the approach to villagers will be Ceesus extended to domicile level. Data processing: The final group Of records on individual patients has been received for the Ministry of Public Health study on hospital ad- BHUTAN missions and morbidity. A total of 24,500 cards are to be punChed and verified for the study. Mobile Medital Aid Remote sensing census project: Officials of Mountain villages throughout Bhutanarepro- the USAID Mission and the Republic of Afghanistan videdwithmedicalfacilities by way of four met to discuss which government agency would be Landrovers contributed by Britain. The vehicles responsible for implementation of the project and are specially adapted and equipped as mobile where the equipment would be housed. Considera- medical dispensaries including surgical instru- tion is being given to locating the project at the ments, drugs and other medical supplies. Afghanistan Cartographic Institute. AUSTRAL IA BURMA Federal Finance for Family Planning ADB Approves ,$13Million for Rangoon Water Supply The Federal Governrrient bf Australia is to spend $A350,000 a year on national family plan,- The Asian Development Bank has approved ning. Of this, $200,000 will go direct to the Family two loans amounting to $13 million for the Rangoon Planning Association of. Australia and $100,000 water supply project, to a national body representing Roman Catholic f.%) family planning centres. Other voluntary orga- Rangoon, the capital city of Burma, has nizations"acfively involved in family planning million people or about 7 per 'cent of-thecoun- services" will share a further $50,000. try's, population. It is sefVed by a water supply system which was last expanded 33 years ago The Government has also donated $140,000 and was designed to serve 600,000 people.This to UNFPA, and $70,000 to IPPF. population figure was reached in 1950. A 27.5 per cent sales tax on contraceptives The project is designed to help to meet the has been removed, and the pill is now available needs of the growing population of Rangoon up to on the pharmaceutical benefits lists which includes 1989. The total cost of the project' is $31.25 certain subsidized drugs that may be prescribed million. by 'doctors at a nominal charge of $1. A ban on advertising contraceptives is being lifted in the federal capital, Canberra. FIJI BANGLADESH Ten Yeare Progress in Family Planning Family Planning Integrated with Health Commenting on a decade's progress, the Pre- Services sident of the Fiji Family Planning Assoc,iation, Prior to December 1971, the Bangladesh fami- Mr. Robert Lc Munro, stated in his 1973 report: ly planning programme was a Central Government "No -One can calculate the improvement in the project, planned and administered through a cen- general health and welfare of the mothers and° tralfamily planning council and implemented families who have adopted family planning." through provincial family planning. boards. After The association has set as a target for1975 1971, Pindi-based organizations ceased to exist a birth-rate of 25 per 1,000and a population for Bangladesh. growth rate of 2 per cent. Now, the national family planning programme has been integrated with health services at all In 1972, the birth-rate wa* 27.81, the lowest levels. Bangladesh is to have 356 rural health ever recorded and nearly 12 per centbelow the and fatnily planning complexes per 200,000 popu- 1962 level. Fijian and.Indian birth-rates in the lation, each with 20 general and 5 mother/child Fiji Islands had become almost equal: 27.82 and health-cum-pot-partumbeds,anda staff of 27.62. doctors and paramedics. Field structure is re- designed with a polypurpose health and family HONG KONG planning' team of one male and one female per 5,000 population. FPA Appoints New President , A four-tiertraining and orientation course Dr. the Hon. Ellen Li has beenappointed has been designed for all health and family plan- President of the Family Planning Associationof ning personnel, at national, district,'thana and Hong Kong. She replaces Prof. Daphne Chun,who village levels. . has retired. 46 51. INDIA Inhis rrssage, Professor Judono, Second Deputy Chairman of the National Family Plan- Seven-Point Strategy hing Co-ordinating Board, drew attention to the lack oltinforrnation material ark' trained libra- indian States have been asked by the Planning, rians on the/one hand and the intellectual tradi- .Commissiod to formulate their family planning tions which hampered the proper utilization of '°programmes tofit in with the over-all national objective of reducing the .birth-rate to 25 per 'information on the other. 10300. Prof. Judono also emphasized the importance of specialization in library techniques and serious The Commission hat spelt out a seven-point attentionto strategy for achieving this objective during the the circulation of family planning fifth plan, due to begin in April 1974 for a five- literature for the benefit of all concerned. year period: 1. "The family planning programme will operate essentially within an integrated framework JAPAN of medical family planning and nutrition services.' 2. "Wider popular participation in the pro- Telephones Help in Birth. Control gramme will have to be ensured through the vo- Telephones in Japan are being used to control luntaryorganizations,local bodieg and other unwanted and unplanned births. Simply call a elected representatiyes. The programme should number in Tokyo andaa computerized voice warns, be converted.into a mass movement. of the" angerout days" - an average of eight ysmonthmonth when sexual intercourse without 3. "The placement 'of the necessary infra- ddbbntra should be-avoided. structure, in terms of staff,s.buildings, vehicles and equiprrient, will. require special attention and PreFictionsare based on a tried Japanese should be accorded a high priority.c contraception method. 4. 'grainingofmedical and para-medical This is one of the new services offered by personnelwill require considerable attention. the Nippon TelegrAm and Telephone Public Cor- For this purpose, an assessment of the present poration. AF strength at the institutions in the State and future requirements will have to be carried out. Proper (The Nation, 10 December 1973) trainingschedules alsoshould be 'drawn up. 5. "The maternal and child health programmes will witness considerable expansion in the fifth plan. Therefore, steps should be taken right now KOREA, Republic of tckensure a smooth deliVery of services. 6. "The urban family1.1 planning centres will Mothers' Clubs Impcove-Village Facilities also be expected to render such services in the A pipe-laying project to connect a hillside fifth plantand, therefore, these centres should be stream to village houses has been ini,iiated by properly,reorganized Mr this purpose. the,Mothers' Club of Yangju in Kyonggi Province. With the assistance of other volunteers, including 7. "The maintenance organization for vehicles hutbands, the women are doing much of the con- required to be properly built up so that the large struction work themselves. The completed project number of vehicles under the programme are will overcome,a long-standing water shortage in kept fit for the road." the village. The Mothers' Club in the nearby village of Hapae 1-ri organized the construction of abridge, INDONESIA over a stream which had been impassable during the rainy season. To assist the voluntary efforts, Library Training Course President Park Chung Hee donated money and As a-.follow-up of the ECAFE/Carolina Popu- cement. lation Center meeting on A.population library development institute at Bangkok, 5-15.September 1573, Mrs. Sumardi Reksopeotranto, Head of the Indonesian PlannedParenthoodAssociation (IPPA) Library, one of the partiCipants at the LAOS institute,initiatedasix-klay library training course in family planning at Jakarta.. Spacing of Births . , The training course,, from 19 to 24 November As part of a WHO effort to encourage Lao 1973, was held at the IPPA National' Training and parents to space their children in the interests Research Centre and was attended by about 30 of the health of mother and baby, the demonstra- participants from family pla.nhing institutes and tion model shown here has been found useful. other organizations such as the Gas and Oil In- The top panel is adjustable in accordance with stitutA,. People's Health.Facultii, etc. a couple's preferred family, size'. The pointer 'can be set to show the corresponding recom- In her opening address, Mrs. Sophi Sarwono, mended time-table between pregnancies. Infor- Secretary-General of IPPA explained the Un- .mation, booklets and k4aflets, as shown on the portant function of the librations in the network right of the board, are made available in the local( Of population information. language. (Pictures on p. 48) 52 47 Orphans being cared for at the Maison de I'Enfance, That Khoo, Vientiane,Laos.

Population research channels without setting up new structures or or- A basic course in demography is under con- ganizations.Itisrelatively inexpensive and it sideration- for addition to general statistics train- does not add to the workload of the department ing conducted ih the Office of Statistics, Vientiane. staff. It also develops new news and new sources.

MALAYSIA Newdpapers play significant role in family planning education A Population Information Experiment A survey indicates that 30 per cent of the The Department of-Statistics seeks to widen people in Malaysia who have been informed about the audience interested in statistics. family planning through the mass media received The National News Agency, Bernama, has their information from newspapers.' outposted a senior reporter in. the Department on In1971,282news items on family planning a half-time basis who, in collaboration with the appeared. Favourable reports pertained 'mostly officers of the Department, will prepare news to the activities of the National Family 'Nanning items and feature stories on the significance of Board and. tothe consequences of unplanned various statistics. parenthood on health and socio-economic status. Unfavourable reports dealt mostly with the side- The advantages of this approach are that the effects of contraceptive methods. reporter can present the information in a readable manner; he also knows the current interests of audiences and can select topics which correspond 'NEPAL- to it. A substantive check is done by the statisticians. The news is disseminated to the subscribers Final 1971 Census Tables Released of Bernama and reaches radio and TV stations, newspapers, banks, industrial and commercial The Government of Nepal has released the firms. final tables for the May 1971 census of population and housing. These tables show a total of 11,555,' One feature of this experiment is that it is 983 inhabitants, an increase of almost 23 per a way to disseminate information utilizing existing cent over the 1961 total of 9,412,996.

a 48 50 Seminar celb;-tingthebirthday. of H.M. local and visiting resource personsin demo- the King graphy, family planning and communications par- The Fainiy Planning Association of Nepal ticipated in the programme. ' cktlebrated. air:, twenty-ninth birthday of His, Ma- jesty King Bier-m(1ra withtwo-day serniAr held Participants included editors, reporters, di- atLalitpur,27-29 December 1973. Panchas, rectors and producers from print and broarkast 1,.tiers of class^ and professional organizations, \media; priests, nuns and sisters; research and achers, social worke s d local intellqtuals. evaluation personnel of fa wily plahping agencies; articipa ?ct in the semir7 information and trainingficers Of family planning agencies;, civilrelations and civil action' The objectiveof the serhinar was to involve personnel; agriculture -specialists; -college and oval leaders in the effort to popularize' the ton- university officials; student leaders; national and pt of family planning agraing the Nepalese people. regional officers of women's clubs- and other civic groups; officers of labour and management, , USA hmandu organization's; . and trainers of clinic 'personnel of family planning agencies. A USAID Data Processing Advsiser has corn-, ,.pletei4 a ,31/2 yearo assignment in Kathmandu 44 per cent of eligible women likely to which 'included assistance in processing the results of the May 1971 census of population- and accept family planning by 1976 housing, which utilized the first computer system By1,976, 'about 44 per cent of the eligible in Nepal. female p pulation* inthe Philippines will- have, abceptedfanriilyplanning according to current, forecastquoted by Dr. MercedeS B. Concepcion PAKISTAN ,,,,,,,,..4,,,..,,.....w,,,,.,4,',...440,44-14.,,,ihriversity of the Philippines Popula(ion b Institute. "By 'then, about, 2.5 rnillion'out of a total President Emphasizes Importance of or 5,.5 million eligible women will have registered, in family planning clinics." .' q Population Planning - 'Inaugurating the International Conference on PopulationPlanhing forNational Welfare and REPUBLIC OF VIET-NAM' Development, President 'Fazal Elahi Chaudhry spoke about the urgdnt need for. population plari:' Population ning. , The Republic's population -is estimated to have He pointed, out thaf in spite*of efforts to curb stood at 19,059,000 at, the beginning of 197,2x On population growth -in Pakistan the rate ofgrowth.fhe basis of sample surveys/life expectancy was continued upward g.9 per cent Witt) a dependency estimated asapproximately 58 years for males ratio of 45 per cent. and 53 years for ,,' Half the popul ibn'*as estimated, to be under Papua New Guinea agdasofj5--aiid almost three .fifths under N. National Investment and Detoeloprnent quotedin Population Dynamics, Qu'ar- 1,No 3'4, from national sources) Authority lily,vol. JAal,.T4# 'NationalInvestment and Development Auth6rity is being set up in Papua New Guinea as the body responsible for promoting and con- trolling foreign investment..

PHILIPPINES "The important thing to .consider in Training in FdmilyPlanning Communication approaching the population problem With the co-operation and support of UNESCO', in oar. country is,, that)t requires a UNFPA and the Philippine Commission on Popu- total approach that" should take into lation, the University of the Philippines Institute of Mass Communication has conducted a special' account all factors relevant to it, and training programme to strengthen and upgrade family planning communication. should locate it firmly in the context q, During 1973, a series of eight seminars and of our m'ssive push towkds develop- four, workshops was conducted. The,,aind.was to provide (a) family planning trainers with the, phi-a ment. For the population problem'is losophy and skills of interpersonal and mass never an isolated, or separable, pro- communication; (b) others pel-sonnel with experience necessary for more effective implementa- blem. tionoffamilyplanning communication programmes; .(c)opinion leaders with the factual information they need to' effectively support -the ,snational family planning programme. Ferdinand E. -Marcos President Techniques used included lectures, group dis- of'th Republic of the Philippines cussions,role playing, case-problem solving, simulation games and demonstrations. Prominent

S 4 SINGAPORE THAILAND Innpvations in brochures Planned Parenthood Association of Thailand or tidy, Two is Enough"- and"Fa4:tily Reorganized Planning' Ciuricfor Men,P,(below)arefrom The, Planned Parenthood Association ofTha- Singapore and represNit refreshing innovations land has reorganized its internal structure. Ca- in family planning brochures. The News welcomes esporrdence and cornmunications..should be ad- the opirtunity tocarry pictures of literature dressed totheEXecutive__,.Dirktor,Dr.Pisut which may be useful elsewhere,. 1.4tamote. All policy i51 4-.4.01.-s should be addressed to the President-F =PAT, General Nkr Khemayo- dhin, as befor6:-- Singapore a, Seminar on the role of social workers in family planning and population activities A seminar on the role of social workers in wants familyplanning and population activities was conducted at Bangkok by the Depart' ent_of Social Work atthe Faculty of Social A ministration, 'Thammasat University, from 4 to1 April1974, tviochild families under the financial, sponsorship o World Eudca- tion.Mr. S.H.Pathok,Delhi School of Social Work,- Delhi UniArsity, on assignment from the InternationalAssociation of Schools ofSocial Work, assisted in organizing the,seminar, The 22 participants, all from Thailand, came fri m family plaint-brig. units of several local hospi- . : and public health centres.

The objectivesofthe seminar' were to : Define the social work task in family plan- ing and population activities, Strengthen therole' of social workers in family planning and population activities, Integratefamilyplanning and population education4nto social work practice. Theeminar consisted of panel discussions, lectures d group discussionS. At -the c e of the `'seminar all participants expressed the strong willingness to integrate FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC' the family planrg task into their routine job. F00MEN

TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLAND'S Government Population Correspondent Appointed Mr. Kaleb Udui of the Legislative Council, Congress b( 'Micronesia-,CapitolHill,Saipan, MarianaIslands District,has been appointed by his Government as an ECAFE populationcor- respondent, to represent theTrust Territory )f the Pacific Islands.

51r.) Clearinghouse on Health Indexes UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Office of Health Statistic's Analysts National Center for Health.Statistics Clearinghouse on Health Indexes (DREW) Rockville, Maryland 20852 , U.S.A. A Clearinglunise On Health 1110X('S has 1)(4'1.1 established bytheNational Centerfor Health WESTERN SAMOA Statistics to promote the developmerit and utilization of indexes of health. ADB Loan to Improve Facilities' The Clearinghouse will be able to pri)ivide the The Asian' Development Bank has, approved a following .services: I. bibliographres on specified $2.3 million concOssional Ioan to'the-independent subjects;2.referrals (c) informed persons or State of Western Samoa. The loan will be used organizations; 3. dissem inn Don of new information for the expansion and rehabilitation of the power on health indexes. supply inthe capititl city of Apia, and for provision Of a new power service to populous areas.i.of For further information contact: Upo lo and Savaii.

POPULATION FACTS Theworld'sfivelargest o4ntriesare The lowest infant mortality rates reported China (787 million,), India (550 milli in),. Soviet in1971 were in Sweden and the Netherlands, Union (245 million), United States (2 ;million) both with 11.1 per thousand live births. Rats of and Indonesia (125 million). more than100 deaths per thousand are still recorded in some African and Asian countries. More than half the world's people, about 2.1 thous-and million, livein Asia. Europe (not counting the Soviet Union) has 46,iillion, Africa ---,The world's population in mid-1973 was 354 million, North America 327nillion, South. more than 3.8 thousand million.If growth con- America 195million- and Oren la20 million. tinuesatthe present rate (2 per cent a year) the 8 thousand million mark will be reached itti The Federal Republir. of Germany has the less than four decades. d lowest birth rate in the world (1.2.8 perthmisand) and,_Swaziland the highest (52.3 per thousand). T helessdeveloped *countries,with 64 per cent of the world's population, have managed Shanghaiisthe most populous cityin on average to achieve an animal growth rate of the world, with 10,820,000 in 19700.followed by ,4.1 per cent in their GNP silice 1970. But most Tokyo(8,841,000)andNew York (7,895,000) of this has been offset by high population growth Peking (7,570,000), London (7,379,000), Moscow. andinflaticrn. The gains are much less in per 7,050,000), Bombay (5969,000), Seoul capita terms especially in cases where only .5,536,000),Sao Phulo (5,187,000), and Cairo a small section orthe economy experiences pro- 5,961,000). In the listing of "urban agglomera- gress. The result: very little improvement, or tions", New York leads wi.th.11,572,000. none at all,in the tsperately low standards of living of more than 1.1 thousand miWion in 1970, Among 73 countriesfor which data on and thatfigureis expected to do ble by 2000. average household size was reported, the largest households (between six and seven persons) were -- In the less developed countriethe urban in certain islands in Oceania such as Fiji, Gilbert Opulation is expected to more thariple by the anti Ellice Islands, Nauru, Tonga, and Western end of the century. Samoa, andin some Asian countries including Bahrain,Araq, Kuw1Lit. and the Republic of Viet- 'Sizeis Ave tosix Nam. Average household --If the world does not slow down its rate personsinseveral Latin American countries and ofopulation growth, a child born today, living in countrie'softheCarribean.InAfrican untihis seventies, may know, 'aworld of 15 countries, householdS of fourtofive persons thou and million.His grandson may share the predominate\ Plant with 60 thousand million.

"GOIn TO WASHINGTON; D.C,?

ECAFE member country residents visiting Washington,D.C., . United, States, who are interested in popUlation programmes, are invited to get in touch with Family Planning Orientation IRternationda, PlannedParenthood of Metropoliten Washington, 1112 M Street, N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 234-4362. PPMW idhs an grien- tation, programme for visitors, briefings are given .on family planhing work and trips can be arrAhged to,clinics and agencies.'

51 56 , From Our Correspondents

HONG KONG Post-partum sterilization of mothers having more than five births who desire the operation Population Policy has been practised for over 20 years. In recent years, the operation has been extended to some,, I.Present situation: mothers with less than five births, if agreed by the parties concerned. 1. Although Hong Kong ha's no official general population policy, the Government has recognized (d) The Hong Kong Family Planning Associa- for a number of years that Hong Kong has a popu- tion (set up in 1950) receives financial assistance lationproblem.At present the Government's (between 40 and 50 per cent, of its total expen- attentionisshifting from immigration tothe diture) from the Government and is permitted to fertility problem of large families. The concern use government premises, mainly maternal and is that Hong Kong creates and maintains condi- child health centres, and equipment for its family tionsinwhichindividualfertilitywillgo. on planning clinic sessions. falling, although over-all population growth con- tinues, which explains the measures taken or the The level of financial support from the Govern- attitude towards certain questions. ment to the Association has increased over the years from $1-1K5,000 in 1955/56 to $1.5 million 2. Migration: in1973/74. The Association operates about 52 clinics, of which 30are in government clinics (a) Immigration: The Immigration Department and 2 in government hospitals. carried out its functions under the Immigration Ordinance of 1971 (Cap. 115), which repealed the previous Immigration(ControlandOffences) II. 'Future plans: Ordinance 1958 (Cap. 243). The present Ordinance A plan is under study to integiMe family plan- is not concerned with the control of emigration ning into maternal and child health services. It (migration), but relates to immigrants who do not ispossible thatthis plan and the development ha,ye a right to land under the Ordinance. mentioned might lead to more explicit policies (b) As a result of the Government's housing and programmes in the population field. programme, there has been a redistribution of Direct GovernaLent participationinfamily population, which has eliminated some of the peaks planning began on a 'phased basis in October 1973, in urban density. with the gradual integration of family planning services into the MCH services. The Association Theredistributionof population in recent and other voluntary agencies in the field of family years was largely the result of town planning, planning will, however, continue toplay their including schemes for urban renewal and im- roles by directing .their efforts to the population provement, development of new towns and the in housing estates and other areas, and particu- Government's housing programme. A new unified larly the rural areasin the New Territories. Housing Department and a new Housing Authority (Mr. K.L. Thong, Medical and Health Depart- were established in 1973, The latter is to take \ over the various functions formerly divided be- ment, Hong Kong) tween the Housing Board, the Housing Authority,. the Urban Council,the Commissioner for Re- INDIA settlement and the Director of Public Works. Ineffective Population Cogtrol Measures 3. Fertility control: Administrators of India's population control programmes, should be shaken out of their com- (a). The Government has supported family placency by the findings of the Baroda Operational planning activities through the work of voluntary Research Group. After a decade of intensive agencies. drives to curb population growth, 82 per cent of the couples of reproductive age in the country Sincethe mid 1950s, the Government has still' remain untouched by these programmes in iven support to family planning work undertaken so far as they have never adopted any contracep- various agencies, mainly by subventions to the tive practices to licit their families. amity Planning- AsSociation and the Catholic Marriage Advisory Counci4. The couples surveyed by the Group for this study. are by no means exceptional; they represent (b)Marriageiktarriage Reform Ordinance the general population of the country and are drawn 1970: although the Minimum age limit is now 16, from different strata of society. They came from the stipulation was_ not intitoduced at the time as both urban and rural areas-, More than 78 per cent a-measure to reducefertilit.y. of them; it was found,fswere aware of at least one method of contraception; yet only 18 per cent of Section 8 of the Marriage geform Ordinance them ,had ever attempted to plan their families. on minimum agelimit for marriage follows Even out of them, 4 per cent had given up family section 13 of the Mafriage OKdinance, whin in plann, ing for one reason or other, leaving about 13 turn follows the United Kingdom Age of Marriage percent who were currently practising, con- Act 1929. , P traception methods: (c) Incertain 'hospitals,sterilizationis The Etaroda conducted in 1970/71, is allowed after five to six births. the first survey of kind on the national level. 52 57 It covered the entire country except Jammu and One programrrieisaimedat key college Kashmir, NEFA and offshore islands. The respon,. teachers, another at primary and high school dents for the study were drawn from currently teachers, married women aged between 15 and 44 years, and their husbands. In 'all25,330 individuals, 12,716 husbands and 12,614 wives, were inter- (Sohanlal Nagda, Assistant Director, Popu- viewed. They were drawn from 254 urban and lationStudiesCentre,S.V.University, 704 rural settlements. They came from a wide Tirupati /LP. India) range 01 income groups, from below Rs 100 to above Rs 1,000 a month (8.5 Rs =$US1.00). Over 39 per cent of the respondents had a monthly Growth of agricultural population, 1951 -1971 income of less than Rs 10,0 while another 36 per cent earned between 'Rs 100 and Rs 200; thus, A continuing ,research project being carried three fourths of the respondents earned up to Rs out by the International Institute fpr Population 200 only. Those with an income of over Rs 1,000 Studies, Deonar, Bombay, is a study of the growth a month cbnstituted 1.6 per cent of the couples of the agricultural population during 1951-1971. covered. The growth of the rural and agricultural labour force in all the States of India is being analyzed A large number of the coupleS, however, in an efforttd assess the nature a'nd trend of expresSedadesiretoacqui knowledge of land utilization during the period. methods to delay and preventcabception . A ma-, jority of theM were from among the groups which Other objectives of the 'study\ ar-eo find the had never practised family planning aid were relationship between the agricult ral p pulation obviously ready to accept small family corms. and the factors affecting it and b tweelabour A majority of them wdnted to acquire this infor- inputs and production. mation through doctors and paramedicaper- sonnel. \(Mr. K. Balasubr\amanian, Interriatkonal In- stitutefor PopuIation Studies, Bombay) The survey results do not support the con mon belief that family planning is practised mo tly by Hindus. The practice is found to be hig est among Christians akd Parsis (29.6 per ce it) followed by Hindus 18.5 per cent) and Muslis Population education seminar (1a.7 per cent). A seminar on population education for non- Aril encouraging factorwhich can well contri- student youth of Chittoor District, Andhra Pra- bute to the success of biture programmes is that desh, was conducted\ on 22 February 1974 by the the age of marriage has been rising steadily Population Studies Cenfre of Sri almost all over the country. Prior to 1951,'the University In collaboration with thethe Youth Co- average age of marriage was 20 years or men orditlator. Fifty participants attended from dif- and 13 for women. It rose steadily and ached ferent areas of the district. \ 23.8 for men and 18.3 for women during thfive years, 1966-1970. Similarly the rate of lit racy (Sohanlal Nagda, Assistant Director, Popu- among the couples entering marital life has been lation Studies Centre). going up steadily. Prior to 195.1 only 44.1 per cent of the husbands and 14 per cent of the wives en- . tering married life were literate; as per figures `INDONESIA ti ..for 1966-1970, 58.8 per cent of the husbands and 30.1.. per cent of`the wiv s were literate. Exami- nation of the data by theeSearch Group suggests New Population Institute that by 1975/76, about 7per cent of those en- The Gadjah M'ada PopulationInstil to was tering the arital`state wi 1 be literate while the opened in April 1973 for the purpose of im roving figurewillriseto77 per cent by 1978/79. "'understanding of Indonesia's population pr blems These are encouraging\trendsand together and assisting in their solution. These obj ctives with the general desire on the part of the married will be Pursued through an integrated progr ,rnme couple to know an&adopt small family practices ,of research, education and extension. The Insti- they provide excellent opporttipities for curbing tute is an interdisciplinary centre with the \sta- population growth.. However, what results are tus of a facultywhose Director is directly res- achieved in the next decade will depend largely ponsible tothe Rector of the University. The on the administration of the population control Institute's Director is Dr. Masri Singarimbun. programme. Among current activities is the Drafting of a (Mrs. Kamla Mankekar, Population Cobncil revision of The, Population of Indonesia, 1930-72: of India) A Bibliography to be published by the Institute. 'Plakted projects include: An ,intensive longitudinal community survey Spreading Population interest of social, cultural and economic lactors in social and demographic change; The new Population Studies Centre ofSri Venkateswara. Universityisconductingpro- A detailed comparative study of the results grammes to encourage the teaching of population of the 1961 and 1971 censuses in Jogjakarta; topics atall 'levels of primary, secondary and college education in the five districts (Chittoor, A detailed evaluation of the relative com- Kurbool,Anantapur, Nellore and Cuddapah in pleteness-of present vital registration data Andhra Pradesh)relatedtoS.V. University. in different'provinces;

58 53, Development of a resource materials collec- LAOS tion and data bank with emphasis on results of population work in Indonesia and neigh- bouring countries. / The Population Question - The Demographic Institute of the University The Government of Laos attaches very great of Indonesia recently published a book entitled importance to population questions and above all "BeberaPa keuntungansosialekonomi 17,arena to those which have economic and social impli- Pentiranam kesuburan" (Some social economic cations. Qf course, Laos is one of the least popu- Profits' because of, fertility decline). lated countries of Asia and the opinion generally held in our country is that we do not suffer from (HanR. Redmana, Research Associate, problems of over-population. However, the rela- Indonesian, Institute of Sciences) tivelyunderpopulated state of the country should not mask the prOblems that exist at present: a Contraceptive studies very, high birth rate here goes hand in hand with a very high death rate. Moreover,, social burdens Several studies are being conducted by the are made even more onerousby the nature of the National Institute of Public Health under the spon- troubles our country has- had for more than 20 sorshipofthe National Family Planning Co- years. We should like to mention four points here ordinating Board. which indicate the rather special situation of our country vis -a -vis the population problem: (i) the These studies are on samples of women in need to improve our demographic statistics; (ii) East Java, where there has been a remarkable internal migration or more exactly theproblem increase in the numbers of new accepters since of displaced persons; (iii) family planning; and 1972. They are centered on factors whichplay (iv) problems relating to health and education. SO an important roleinthe process of selection far, for several reasons, no complete census of and decisiontO\ accept a specific kind of con- Laos hasbeen made. \t,raceptive. The studies alsoexamine the use Ofectiveness ofcontraceptives and the quality However,on 5 February 1973 the Royal of\ acceptance of faMily planning. The reports are Laotian Government carried out a limited survey publishedbythe 'NationalInstitute of Public on The population and housing by means of assis- HeaI\th, Indonesia.' tance from UNFPA. \t\Dr.Henry Patdoko, National Institute of 450,000 persons, or about one seventh of the ,ublic Health, Surabaya) total population of the Kingdom, were enumerated in seven localities, of which six weresurban anb Workshop on Population Research in onejural. Although the geographical area covered' was somewhat limited, a great deal of information Development was gathered on the characteristics of the popu- A" Workshop on Population Research in De- lation surveyed so that the structure and nature velopment was conducted on1-3 May 1974 in of the population, as well as the movements taking Sana Wisata, Puncak. The Workshop, which was place, could be analysed. organized by the Population Studies Centre and the National Family Planning Co-ordinating Board The information gathered will be of substan-. (BKKBN),reviewed past, present and planned tial help in preparing for and implementing the research. A copy ofthe list of research projects second five-year plan, which takes account of is to be translated into English. the programme for post-war reconstruction. It (HanR.Redmana, ResearchAssociate, is expected that the experience gained and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences) methods used during the February 1973 operation will be put to good use in the preparations for IRAN a complete census covering the entire country; such a national_sepsus is considered to have high Population Policy Objectives priorityinthepost-war reconstruction programme. The complete census beingplaned is Population policy objectives in Iran include: very important for the country. 1. A population growth rate of1 per cent by In the field of family planning, our Government 1990-1995, with a total fertility per couple established at the beginning of 1972a commission of two or, at most, three; under the Ministry of Public Health for the promotion of family welfare. 2. An Urbanization rate of 70 per cent by 1990; The position taken by Laos with regard to 3. Legalization of abortion. A bill currently family planning may differ from the one generally before Parliament is expected to be ap- adopted by other countries of the region since its proved. At present, abortion is relatively objectiveis not to severely limit births but to easy - a medical doctor can approvea ter- space out births in harmony with the incomesand mination of pregnancy and the law does not wishes of the peopleconcerned. Family 'planning oppose the decision unless a complaint is isavery controversial subject and leads to a made; great deal of misunderstandirig in Laos in view of the faCt that ,the country. isrelatively undQ,r- 4. An increasein the minimum age at marriage populated. to18for women and 20 for-men. A bill proposed by the Women's Organization is Another factor that,is just as important is expected to be approved by Parliament. religion; Buddhism condefins the suppression of any form of life. The Lao are very serious Bud- (Prof. M. Amani, Director, Demographic dhists and believe in the soul's ill-mortality and ResearchSection, University of Tehran) thereincarnationcycle:tobreak that cycle 54 59 knowingly would for many believer:1i be tantarnoun. Canadian Royal Commission onthe Status Of to committing ain Women, various American and Australian uni versities,the Social Science CouneilLondon, These, briefly, are the situa-tion and the po- and other organizations. licies of the ,Royal Laotian Govern Ment with regard to populatiqn. .General inquiries about the Society may be addressedto the National Secretary, P.O.,, Box (Mr. Somsanouk Chounlamountri, Director 13078, Johnsonville,Wellington,New' Zealand. of the Laotian National Statistical Service) (Prof.DavidPitt,Sociology Department, University of Auckland)

MALAYSIA PAKISTAN Distribution of Population in Malaysia Barat Projects Hampered by Lack of Funds The Government of Malaysia's D6partment Two intended projects of the Population Re- of Census has published an at,ti'active ,two-colour searchUnitinthe Department of Statistics, map based on the 1970, Population and Housing University of .Karachi., have been hampered by .Census which shows,the cliStribution of population lack of funds. The projects relate tattle establish- in -peninsular Malaysia..The map was prepared ment of a populatiOn laboratory in Karachi and to and published by the Department of Statistics in the analysis of a population gro\kth sth'.vey con- April 1974. Printed by the Directorate of Natibnal ducted by the Central Statistical Office. Mapping in .Malaysia, itis _Number- 25 1974. Governments, institutions and persons interested The Population Research Unit was established in obtaining the map should write directiy to the within the Department of in 1972- to Departmentof 'Statistics,Young Road, Kuala accelerateresearch activitiesinthefield of Lumpur, Malaysia. demography.It operates in.:co-operationwith other DepartmentS of University and government/ (Miss .Dorothy Z. Fernandez, Departme'nt semi-government offices. ofStatistics,Kuala, Lumpur,Malaysia) (Mr: M.R.. Shah, Population Research Unit, University of Karachi)

NEW ZEALAND PHILIPPINES Research on Women's Changing Role Wide Range of Population Research The needfor data on the changing role of womeninsocietywas acknowledged in New The following list of accomplished and ongoing Zealand in 1966 with the founding of the Society research has been received from the BuTeau of for Research on Women in New Zealand Inc. the Census and Statistics: Government departments, "national planning"bodies and voluntary organizations Were calling for I. Accomplished research research into the education, training and employment of women and girls. 1. Yun' Kim et al, "New population projectiogs by age and sex for the Philippines' and each In response to the need, the Society for Re- Province, 1970-2000", Bureau of the Census search on Women was formed as a voluntary andStatistics.(Preliminary projections organization.Ithas members throughout New based on the advance results of the 19.7.0._ Zealand .andbranchesinAuckland, Waikato, Census of Population and Housing data). Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. The So- ciety's national council, based in Wellington, has '2. Bureau of the Census and Statistics, "Popu- been responsible for two national projects: (1) a lation projections for cities and municipali- survey of urban women and (2) a survey of em- ties,1970to2000"A. (Preliminary pro- ployers' attitudes to women. jections based on the advance results of the 1970 Census of Population and Housing The national council has presented information data. Mimeographed reports). to the Social Security Commission and made sub- missions to the Housing Commission, Committee 3. Bureau of the Censtis and Statistics, "Popu- of Inquiry into Educational. Television and Inquiry latiOn,land area and density: 1948, 41960 so. into Pre-school Education. Branthes have orga- and 1970", Special Report No. 3. nized -astudy: of, case historieS of unmarried mothers, a survey of solo mothers, a report on 4. Bureau of the Census and Statistics, "Urban urbanchildcare centres, and otherstudies., population 1 1970 ",Special Report No. 2. Research "activities are initiated through study 5. Yun Kim, "Net internal migration in the groups-where topics suggested by members are Philippines, 1960-1970", The Journal of examined in depth. Limited financial assistance Philippine Statistics, vol. 23. No. 2..(second is provided by the Government for approved pro- quarter,1972), Bureau of the Census and jects. For most of its administrative costs, the Statistics. Society relies on its members. 6.Dr. Tito A. Mijares, "The population ofthe Information is exchanged with the Sociological Philippines: its amwth and development". Association of Australia and New Zealand, the Technical PczPerNo. 3, Bureau of the Census AustralasianSchoolofPoliticalStudies,the and Statistics, 1973. 60 - 55 7. Dr.Tito A. Mijares and Francisco V. Nazaret, "The growth of urban population 4. Work' ors the preliminary analysis on the inthePhilippines andits perspective", 1972 fertility and family planning survey Bureau of the Census and Statistics, 1973. has also been started. Bureau of the Census and Statistics, "Birth 5. Work on,population projections in terms of I and deathregistration", Special Release the following areas,has been gtarted:` No. 13., Series of 1965, September. (a) Labour force; 9. Bureau of the Census and Statistics,"Fa- mily limitations survey, May 1965", Spe- (b) Housing needs; cial Release No.. 28, series of 1966, May. (d) School enrollment. 10. Bureau of the Census and Statistics, "Atti- tude survey on family size among religious 6. Evaluation of the extent of coverage error groups", Special Release No. 15, series of in the 19'10 Census of Population, is in pro- 1965, October. 'gres's. 7. Determination of an adjusted age-sex dis- 11. Bureau of the Census and Statistics, "Atti- tribution is in progress. However, the final tude survey on family size", Special Re- results will again, entirely-depend on the Lease No. 11,series of 1965, September. final tabulation of the 1970 Census of Popu- et. . 12. Bureau cif the Census and Statistics, "Catho- lation results. lic and non-Catholic views on family limitations, Philippine setting", Journal of Philip- 8. The Bureau of the Census and Statistic Pine Statistics, vol. 21, No. 3 (third quarter), has a joint project with the Commission 1970. onPopulationon, thedevelopment and maintenance of civilregistrationinthe 13. Bureau of the Census and Statistics, "Report Philippines in order to arrive at more on the. joint BCS-UPPI project on vital reliable estimates- on the Birth and death event registration In Baloi, Lana° delNorte rates, for the country. The project is still and Itogon, Bengu °et" (mimeographed). in progress. 14.. FranciscoV.Nazaret,'Philippine ex- periencein projections of population of subnational areas", Bureau of the Census SRI LANKA and Statistics. (Submitted to ,the Working Group on Projections of Population of Sub- Seminars'on.Population and Family Planning national Areas, ECAFE, 14-23 May1969, Bangkok). Two seminars jointly sponsored by the De- 4 , partment of Labour and ILO with financial assis- 15. Demography and Social Statistics Division, tance from UNFPA were held in two provincial "Fertility pattern of the evel.-marriedwo- capitals - Galle and Batticaloa in July and August men, in the Philippines (a report of the May 1973. The two seminars represented the conti- 1963 fertility survey)", bureau of the Cen- nuation of th k undertaken,by the Department sus and Statistics (mimeographed). of La our ne ucating the work force of Sri Lahka ine importance of family planning both from a personal point of view and from a national polnLt of view. A noteworthy feature in both seminars' was the active participation of middle-grade trade union leaders and grass-roots level per- II. Ongoing research sonnel from unions, estates and establishments. A unique feature in the Batticaloa seminar was 1. The different preliminary population pro- the active contribution made by the women parti- jections are to be revised as soon as the cipants. This is particularly welcome as women final results of th,e 1970 Census of Popula- have to play an active role in the successful im- tion ° and Housingbysex and age are finished. Methodologies and assumptions plementation of family planning programmes. To as tothe levels and trends of fertility, enliven the proceedings of these seminars, film mortality and migration are currently being shows on family planning, short plays with planned further studied so as to have asreliable parenthood as the central theme and musical 'projectionsaspossible. The revisions, items were included in the programme. however, cannot be started until the entire 1970 Census data on population have been Family planning in industry completely computerized andtabulated. "Family Planning in Industry- A New Chal- 2. An- analytical study of mortality by pro- lenge for Personnel Management" was the theme vincial level is under way. The completion of a conference organized by the Colombo Jaycees. of this study too depends on some of the Held pn 8 and 9 September 1973, at Colombo, it final tabulation results of the 1970 Census was part of a campaign launched by the Junior of Population by sex and age. Chamber of Commerce to increase the partici- 3. A study on population redistribution:i.e., pation of management in population programme interregional,interprovincial, as well as work, notably in a hundred industrial units in and urban-rural migration using age and sex around Sri Lanka's capital: data from successive censuses', place of Inn opening address, Mrs. Siva Obeysekera, birth and place of residence data, has been Deputy Minister of Health, stated that pers.onnel started. managers haye to be concerned with the physical, 56 mental and social well-being of the workers.. She differenceto demographi' trends and was not hoped workers would be educated to accept family intended to serve such an end, Mrs. Dissanayake planningasa personal and social necessity. -emphasized that the main reason for such a relaxation was to save some women's lives and,adt1 Other spot kerfiatthe conference included "tothe dignity and compassion with which the Professor Ali Raza of'the Department of Orga- operation 1s performed". niational Behaviour and Environinotit, School of -Business Administration, University of Califor- She went on the say: "In liberalizing abortion .nia;Mr.V.I.Chaco, Secretary and 'Adviser, onotherthanstrictlymedicalgrounds, the UnitEtdPlanters' Association of Southern India; Government would be recognizing that a, law and Dr.P.. V.Thacker, ,Chief Industrial Health only as effective as the social sanctions it cancan Officer of the Tata Industrial Group. bring to bear on societal problems. If a law moves toofar ahead or lags behind changing societal Medico-legal aspects of 9bortion norms, it runs the risk of being ignored, with the consequence that people chooseto act outside . A symposiumon 'medico-legalandother the social system." aspects of abortion was held at Colombo on 7 September 1973, under the auspices of the Medico- Mrs. Dissanayake finally stated: "May I be legal Society of Sri Lanka. Papers werapresented permitted to humbly support the plea of the-learned by distinguished personaiities from the medical and. experienced President of the Ceylon Medical and legalprofessions and by the honorary se- Association, not for abortion on demand, but for cretary of the Family Planning Association of Sri widening of the medical grounds on which a panel Lanka., The symposium aroused considerable of doctors may relax the law." public interest, this being the first occasion on which the subject has been openly discussed in (Mr. W.S. Nanayakkara, Assistant Director, Sri Lanka. EconomicAffairs Division,Ministryof Planning and Employment, Colombo) On therapeutic abortion, Dr. D.E. Gunatilleke, obstetrician, De Soysa Hospital for Women, explained thatinSri Lanka the law at present allows termination of pregnancy if performed in goldfaithto save thelifeof the mother. He pointed out that the law is not concerned with the physical or mental health of the mother or with economic or socialfactors affecting her life. Because of the narrow limits within which therapeutic abortion is legal, it is necessary to scruti- THAILAND nize very closely- re !restsfor termination of pregnancy. Accordin rto available statistics, the Population Growth and Poverty rate of therapeutic erminations was 1 per°1,000 deliveries. A meeting on population growth and poverty inThailand was held from 3to6 May at the Dr. Gunatilleke drew attention to the libera- Health Research and Social Centre, SoOng-Nern lization of abortion laws in many countries where District, Changwad Nakornrachsima, Thailand. tridico-social factors were considered sufficient The meeting was sponsored by the Social Sciences rersons,for termination of pregnancy. Association of Thailand, Thammasat University and the Faculty of Social Sciences of Mahidol Dr.N.Kodagoda spokeonthediagnosis,. University. complications and proof of criminal abortion. He stated thaA.,..the small number of cases of suspected The24 participants were from Chiengmai criminal abortions that came before the medical University, Khon-Kaen University, SongkhlaNa- jurist was only aslight indicationof a vast karin University, Mahidol University, Ramkam- problem. haengUniversity,ChulalongkornUniversity, Thammasat University and the National Economic On the legal aspects of abortion, Mr. B.A.R. Development Board. Candappa suggested that possible relaxation of the relevant laws in Sri Lanka should be investigated The topics discussed atthe meeting were: by a commission. He cautioned that the new poli- (1) population poverty in North Thailand; (2) popu- cies of some countries' might not find favour yet lation growth and socio-economic probleh's in in Sri Lanka. Southern Thailand; (3) population growth and environmental factors affecting poverty; (4) popu- Mrs. S.A. Dissanayake, honorary secretary. lationgrowthand economic development; (5) of the Family arming Association of Sri Lanka, poverty and health service activity in rural Thai- spoke on the sociological aspects of abortion. land; (6) the relation between population growth She stated: he onward march of science has and poverty; (7) income inequality in Thailand; graduallyresented the world with safer, more (8) poverty and the differential of socio-economic advanced techniques which no longer constitute and demographic aspects; (9) population problems grave r zards if used by skilled surgeons, and and educaltonal services; and (10) ideal solution the ientifically based fears of Governments to the population problems. ha been allayed, religious taboos have been eliberally interpreted, and political ambi- The proceedingswillbe published' inthe tions tailored emphasize quality rather than Social Science RevieW in the near future. quantity of manp'ower." She referred to the traumatic e periences of (Mr. Somphong Shevasunt, Faculty of Social motherwho carry unwanted babie. Statingthat Science, Chiengmai University, Chiengmai. a liberal abortion law did not maa very great Thailand)

5,7 6 41, TRUST TERRITORY CF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS The censusfiguresrepresent an average annual population increase of 3.5 per cent per 1973 Population Census year. At a continued growth rate of 3.5 per cent per year, the .Trust Territory population would The 1973 Population Census, forthe Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was conducted . reach 200,000 in 1989 and 300,000 by the year in September 1973. 2001. Summary populationfigures and summary Deputy High Commissioner Peter T. Coleman maps of the Trust Territory may be requested has released the first results, which reveal that thrdughthePublicInformation Office, Trust thetotalresident population was 114,973. The Territory of the Pacific Islands, Saipan, Mariana district populations were as follows: Mariana Islands 96950. Islands, 14,335; Marshall Islands, 25,044; Palau, 12,674; Ponape, 23,251; Truk, 31,600; and Yap, (Mr. Dwight Heins, Special Consultant, Of- 7,869. Usual residents of ships totaled 200 per- ficeofthe High Commissioner, Saipan, sons. Mariana Islands) * * *

REQUESTS FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS S.74.1: One of our correspondents is interested in: (1) contacting researchers specializingin: patterns of internal migration within countries of southeast Asia (Thailand, Malay- sia, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia in particular) inrelationtonationaleconomic andsocial development planning; (2) Collecting references of publicationson this topic. The first part of the research project is mainly descriptive and the second part isconclerned with interrelationships and with government "policies and programfties on this problem. S.74.2:Another correspondent would like to: (1) Conduct research on population problems in West Irian (Indo'- nesia), particularly on their migration aspects; (2) Collect reference on the population of West Iran.' Please -send anyjelated information Clearing House and Information Section Population Division ECAFE Secretariat Sala San titham Bangkok 2, Thailand

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University of Chicago, Community and Family Study Center - -Social Research Methodology for level. (Short-term participationcan be arranged Family Planning and Population Study. in exceptional cases). Formaleducational background A master's and doctoral progiNkmme ofgra- from high school graduation may range duate studyinfamily planning and\ population, to advanced univer- research and evaluation which is sponsored in sity degrees. Academic trainingin mathematics, the Division of Social Sciences of the University statistics and economics is desirable.Aniinimum of Chicago by the Community and Family Study Englishlanguage, scoreof 70/70 (ALIGU) is Center. required. AID missions are urgedby the Bureau to provide potential participants withthe neces- Requirements: A bachelor's degree or equi- sary English language training before...W.61rarrival valent and a superior academic record. Applicants intheUnited States of America. Participants may be sponsored by AID; the UnitedNations, with outstanding academic records or records of the Food and AgricultureOrganization or another exceptional professional performance but who lack of the United Nations specializedagencies; the the bachelor's degreemay be admitted for. study participant'sown Government; in non-degree status. Council; or a private' foundationthe Population statistics. interested in Candidates froin overseas should possess the standard of proficiency in English required for study at an American univer rty.. Address inquiriesto: The AID Mission in yourcountry,ifthereisone, ortoChief, Scholarships: A limited_ lumber are available InternationalStatisticalProgramsDivision, United States Bureau of the Census,Washington, forthis programme. Candidates are urged to D.C'. 20233, United States. make applicationtooneof theinternational agencies. To our readers, Apnos lecteurs, Inhonourof WorldPopulation Year, the University of Chicago is accepting students for_., this course at any quarter of 1974. A pro em of language' Address inquiries to: Donald J. Bogue, Direc=- tor, ' Community and Family Study Center, 1126 Thro gh our various activities tsurveys, worki- East.-aatbStreet, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United shops, ibliographies) we have found that an Statei. increa ing amount of material is bing published in na onal and local languages,hus creating conserabledifficultiesinthe exchange and University of Teheran. The Demography Section utili ,zation of books, papers Aand reports. This oftheSocial, Sciences Department, Teheran creates imbalances in the entries of biblio- University, offers a B.S. Degree course contain- gr phies,classificatio'nproblems, differential ing the following subjects: Basis of Demography, probabilities in the dissemination of, documents, Analytical Methods of Demography, Comparative a d results in structural distortions. Dsmography of the World, Population Policy, Theoretical Demography, Demography of Iran, We should like to know our readers' opinions Genetics and Biometry, Elementary and Advanced on these questions: Statistics. Address inquiriesto: -Professor of Demography and Director of Demographic Re- To what extent are you aware of translation search Section, University of Teheran, P.O. Box problems? 1829, Teheran, Iran. To what extent do you try to discover the United States Bureau of the .Census. Under the existence of documents in various languages auspices of the United States Agency for Inter- or do you limit yourself to the utilization of nationalDevelopment (AID), a. one-year pro- documents in the languages you are proficient gramme isofferedineach of the following in? specialized areas: What type of solution do you think feasible (ranging from summaries in several languages 1. Population statistics and demographic ana- to translation and adaptation)? lysis; \ .. 2. Sampling and surrey -methods; ECAFE plans to hold an expert group to study 3. Agricultural surveys and censuses (based these questions in depth and to establish some on the Joint FAO/United States A 'ricul- guidelines, especially as they relate to the pro- turalStatisticsTraining Progr mme); blems of selection of materials for translation, 4. Economic surveys sand censuses; necessary funding and meeting the needs of the 5. Data processing. \ users. Producing information is only part of the The objectives are: (a),to train st tisticians job. Careful distribution to the consumers should and technicians in the variety of skills needed to automatically, follow. plan and carry out specified statistica activities Please send your opinions and suggestions and (b) to train these persons to as ist others to: Asian 'Population Programme News (TRL), indeveloping similar skills, thusntroducing PopulationDivision, ECAFE, Sala Santitham, an important multiplier` effect at e national Bangkok 2, Thailand. 9 64 59 a POPULATION CENSUSES IN THE_ ECAFE REGION SINCE 1900 AfghanistanCountry 1970-1979 1960-1969 1950-1959 1940-1949 1930-1939 1920,1929 1910-1919 1900,1909 BangladeshAustralia Feb.June 19711974 19611966; 1961 19541951 19411947 19331931 1921 1911 19011901 British Solomon Isl. . Aug. 1971 Feb. 1970 1960 1959 1947 1931 1921 1911 #1 - - Burma April 1973 ". 1 957 1/ 1941 1931 1921 1911 1901 ----7------__ ------China June1951-19541//` 1953 CjiC.P ------...... ,...... ,, Cook.1a.Fiji -- Dec. 19711976- ---1966 1966, 1961 19361956, 1951 19461945 1936 19211926,.1921 1916,1911 1911 19011906, 1902 GilbertEllice L Isl. Dec. 1968, 1963 - 1947 1931 621 1911 Hong Kong Mar. 1971 1966=1/1961 1931 1921 1911 1901 ,India Indonesia Sep.April 1971 1971 19811961 1951 1941 19301931 1921 1911 1901 JapanIran Oct.1976 1970 1965,Nov. 19661960 1955;1956 1950 1948/7/6 1935, 1930 1925, 1920 Khmer April 1962 ;1959, 1955 /5/4/1940 -of KoreaRepublic Oct. 1970, *1975 1986 1950 1949 - KoreaiLaos April 1970 1944, 1940 1935, 1930 1920, Malaysia Au 70 --14:10e.S 1957;/, 194711/ 1921111/ 191119/ Mongolia 1969, 1963 1951 1950 1944 441- 19351931=1193944, Nauru 1971 1966, 1961 1954 19471949, 1948, 19331 I 1921 1918 NewNepal Zealind 1976MarchJune 1971plan-1971 1966,1361 1961 1956,1954, 19511952 19451941 19361930 1926,1920 1921. 1916;1911 1911 1906, 1901 Pakistan Sep.ned 1972 1961 1951 1941 1931 1921 1911 19b1 GuineaPapua New 1971 1966, 1961 1954--, 194711/. . 19331' 192111/s SingaporePhilippines JuneMay 19701970 1860 1957 19481947 19311939 1921 19111918 19011903 ThailandSri Lanka AprilOct T971 197d 19601963 1953 19471946 19371931 19291921 1919,1911 1911 1901 Tonga Nov. 1966 1956 1933,1936,1939, 19311935,1938. 1921 1911 1901 TerritoryTrustthe Pacific of AprilSep. 1973 1970 March 1967 1958 1940 1935, 1930 1925, 1920 Viet-Nam,Islands March 1900* SamoaWesternRep. of Nov. 1971 1966 1956, 1951 1945 1936 1926, 1921 1911, 1906 1902, 1900 2/j/ FiritSecondSame stage census stage of a ofmulti a multi-stage -stage sample sample census census 8/,51 KalaysiaSabahBy-census and Peninsula Sarawak 2/9/2/ SarawakSarawakSabah and Malaysia Peninvila ±/ By 11/Sabah and Malaysia Peninsula RepublicNon-indigenous of .Korea populationand Democratic only. Republic of Korea.. World population, is your problem... Whatever we do, the world's population is going_ to double in 3Oyears. Existing difficultiesin-providing food, housing, education, medical attention and, employment are going to compound themselves in accelerated ratio to population increase. Rational solutioft must be sought and action taken not when swollen populations are a reality, but now. This is the reason the United Nations has declared 1974 as World Population year. Action NOW. That is tht crux of the problem. Assuming that catastrophe will not intervene," and, no one considers that an acceptable "saety/ valve", the inescapable need to preparerit..kr- selves to accommodate another world on top of\ this,is the challenge before 'usall. Another globe-full of people may be a good thing or a bad thing. But that will depend, not on emo- tional or ideological stances, but on whether we re-arrange and order our houses to receive so many new guests. During World Population Year, attention will be called to the wide ranging effects of the,wOrld's rising population on map's future on this little lanet. Write for more details. World Population Year 1974 United Nations Fund for NI, Population Actiyities IF 485 Lexington Avenue New York, N.Y. 10017-

Peoples d problems A fast paced1 account of basic population problen}s in parts of Asia, the IPPF w,enty-firstAnniv,ersaryfilm, ',Peoples and Problems", in- _-.ciudes a deription of thtvork of IPPF in the southeast,Asia and Oceania region,withsequences from Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines,Singapore and Tiland. A special feature is the use of animated maps, charts and cartoo s. Black and white. 16 mm. 27 minutes. The film will be used in the southeast Asia and Oceania region, at the London- headquarters of IPPF and at UrTed Nations Headquarters in Ney York. Inquiries may be addressed to: International Plahned Parenthood Federation SEAOR 24. Jalan Ampang 'Y r Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

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