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Article: Population Commission recommends continued monitoring of world population trends and policies. (5 billion in 1987)
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- May 1, 1987
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Population Commission recommends continued monitoring of world population trends and policies
The Population Commission at its24th session (New York, 28 January-6 February) recommended continued vigorous monitoring world population trends and policies and to prepare the review and appraisal of the World Population Plan of Action adopted by the World Population Conference at Bucharest in 1974.
It did so in approving by consensustwo resolutions for adoption by its parent body, the Economic and Social Council. The 27-member Commission, which was mandated after the Bucharest Conference to monitor population trends and policies, normally meets every two years. ...