Proceedings of professional meetings of general demographic concern, except for proceedings coded under the specific topic discussed and cross-referenced to this heading. Items about conferences are also classified under this heading.
62:30783 Cook, Michael. The new
imperialism: world population and the Cairo conference. Mount
Series, ISBN 1-86315-070-6. 1994. 141 pp. Little Hills Press: Crows
Nest, Australia. In Eng.
This is a collection of eight papers by
various authors. The papers attack the International Conference on
Population and Development that took place in Cairo in 1994. In the
words of the editor of the book, the provision of universal access to
family planning and reproductive health services "would almost
certainly lead to world-wide legalised abortion, pressure on women to
use abortion and decreased freedom of choice for parents to determine
the size of their families." He also suggests that a great part of
the additional money that was requested during the conference for
population activities "would have to come from slashing aid for
education, health care, development cooperation, poverty alleviation,
disaster relief and so on." Other topics discussed by the book's
contributors include the future world scenarios that the conference
based its recommendations on; the "doublespeak" in the draft
documents considered; what is described as the issue of coercion; the
feminist challenge; and what is perceived as the conference's hidden
agenda to export the sexual revolution to developing countries. The
book concludes with a view of the conference from the Vatican's
perspective.
Correspondence: Little Hills Press, 37-43
Alexander Street, Crows Nest, NSW, Australia. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30784 Johnson, Stanley. The
politics of population: the International Conference on Population and
Development, Cairo 1994. ISBN 1-85383-297-9. 1995. 256 pp.
Earthscan Publications: London, England. In Eng.
This book concerns
the International Conference on Population and Development that took
place in Cairo, Egypt, in 1994. "[It] recounts what actually
happened at Cairo and how it was achieved. The early chapters look in
some detail at the preparations for Cairo, in the context of over three
decades of attempts to integrate population, development and
environment issues. Focusing on the key controversial questions,
including abortion, contraception and adolescent sex, it examines the
ways in which attempts were made to reconcile opposing positions.
Setting the discussion in a much wider context, it argues that Cairo
witnessed a `quantum leap' in the way the population issue is seen, and
that the real breakthrough was in making the role of women--and the
need to give them control over their own lives--central to the
discussion about population, resources and
development."
Correspondence: Earthscan Publications,
120 Pentonville Road, London N1 9JN, England. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30785 Keyfitz, Nathan.
Demographic discord. Sciences, Vol. 34, No. 5, Sep-Oct 1994.
21-7 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
This article was written
before the International Conference on Population and Development took
place in Cairo in 1994. It first describes how rich and poor countries
differ on environmental and population issues. The author goes on to
compare the difference found between rich and poor countries and
between the disciplines of biology and economics regarding the need to
control the growth of the world's population. The author considers how
such differences might affect the discussions in
Cairo.
Correspondence: N. Keyfitz, Harvard University, 9
Bow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Location: Princeton
University Library (FST).
62:30786 Lundh, Christer.
Demography, economy and welfare. Scandinavian Population
Studies, Vol. 10, ISBN 91-7966-321-4. 1995. 493 pp. Lund University
Press: Lund, Sweden; Chartwell-Bratt: Bromley, England. In Eng.
"The Tenth Nordic Demographic Symposium took place at Lund
[Sweden] on 12-14 August, 1992. Nearly 200 people from the Nordic and
Baltic countries participated....This volume contains a sample of
papers from the symposium....The five parts in this anthology reflect
the different subjects being examined at the symposium: the demography
of the welfare society, economic demography, historical demography, the
demography of the non-welfare societies and methods."
Selected
items will be cited in this or subsequent issues of Population
Index.
Correspondence: Lund University Press, Box 141, 221
00 Lund, Sweden. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30787 United Nations. Department for
Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis (New York, New
York). Population and development, Volume 1. Programme of
Action adopted at the International Conference on Population and
Development, Cairo, 5-13 September 1994. No. ST/ESA/SER.A/149,
Pub. Order No. E.95.XIII.7. ISBN 92-1-151278-6. 1995. vii, 100 pp. New
York, New York. In Eng.
This is the first of two volumes presenting
the Programme of Action adopted at the International Conference on
Population and Development held in Cairo in 1994. "Volume I
contains the Programme of Action of the Conference as well as the oral
and written statements and reservations on the Programme of Action.
Volume II contains an overview of all the statements made at the
Conference, as well as the full text of those statements, including the
opening and closing statements." For statements in languages other
than English, a brief summary in English is
provided.
Correspondence: UN Department for Economic and
Social Information and Policy Analysis, United Nations, New York, NY
10017. Location: Princeton University Library (UN).
62:30788 United Nations. Economic Commission
for Africa [ECA] (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). Third African
Population Conference. No. E/ECA/POP/APC.3, LC 95-982097. 1994.
81; 71; 230 pp. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In Eng.
These three volumes,
which are also available in French, represent the proceedings of the
Third African Population Conference, held in Dakar, Senegal, December
7-12, 1992. Volume 1 is a report of the conference and related
activities, including meetings of nongovernmental organizations,
opening addresses, country statements, and a list of participants.
Volume 2 contains the reports from individual countries on the
implementation of the Kilimanjaro Programme of Action on population.
Volume 3 contains the conference papers, which are organized under the
following headings: Implementation of the Kilimanjaro Programme of
Action; Population Data Collection and Demographic Training and
Research in Africa; The Demographic Situation and Future Trends; Family
Structure and Dynamics; Trends, Factors, and Consequences of Fertility;
and Migration and Refugees.
Correspondence: UN Economic
Commission for Africa, P.O. Box 3001, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30789 United Nations. Secretariat (New
York, New York). Report of the International Conference on
Population and Development, Cairo, 5-13 September 1994. No.
A/CONF.171/13/Rev.1, Pub. Order No. E.95.XIII.18. ISBN 92-1-151289-1.
1995. iv, 193 pp. New York, New York. In Eng.
This is a final
report from the 1994 conference held in Cairo. It contains the text of
the resolutions adopted, primarily concerning the program of action
agreed upon at the conference. It also includes some details concerning
conference organization and attendance.
This is a revised version of
the report published in 1994 and cited in 61:10805.
Correspondence: UN Sales Section, New York, NY 10017.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:30790 van Leusden, Hans.
Demography on the intersection of society and science: priorities
for future research. [Demografie op het snijvlak van maatschappij
en wetenschap; prioriteiten voor toekomstig onderzoek.] NIDI Rapport,
No. 45, ISBN 90-70990-59-8. 1996. 73 pp. Nederlands Interdisciplinair
Demografisch Instituut [NIDI]: The Hague, Netherlands. In Dut. with
sum. in Eng.
On June 14, 1995--the day of the 25th anniversary of
NIDI--a one-day conference was held in The Hague. This report on issues
related to future demographic research in the Netherlands is a product
of the conference. Representatives from the fields of science, policy,
and society examined questions concerning research by NIDI as the
national demographic institute and by Dutch universities and research
centers as a whole. The country's statistical needs for demographic
data were also discussed.
Correspondence: Nederlands
Interdisciplinair Demografisch Instituut, Postbus 11650, 2502 AR The
Hague, Netherlands. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
