To control the definition of a thing is to control the thing itself. This was the great insight of Humpty Dumpty in Lewis Carroll’s fantasy, Alice in Wonderland. Recall the dialogue: After he defines “glory” as “a nice knock-down argument,” Humpty-Dumpty explains the point to
Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics ZPG’s Arguments Spring a Leak On 24 May this writer twice debated Mr. Jay Keller, national field director of ZPG (Zero Population Growth) on the issue of “The Population/Environment Connection.” The debates were hosted by Augusta College (Georgia) as part
In addition to the use of women as a political front, elements of the China population control model have found a home within the cultures and state policies of other countries. In this article, China specialist, John Aird, examines the transferable components of the coercive
The third PrepCom of the U.N. International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) ended in contention in New York City. Resistance centered on abortion and contraception for adolescents among Christians and some Muslims. Nafis Sadik, Secretary General of the conference, indicated that issues such as
Clinton administration policy and sovereignty of nations: In a presentation at the Second Preparatory Committee for the International Conference on Population and Development on 11 May, 1994, Counselor Tim Wirth stated that: “A government which is violating basic human rights should not hide behind the
Role of the NGOs at ICPD PrepCom III: NGOs, particularly the women’s caucus led by the International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC) and the Women’s Development and Health Organization (WEDO), played an extremely active role in the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) negotiations. They
Rising Asian population to boost wheat trade Asia’s rising population is expected to “inject new life into the world’s wheat trade” according to the International Wheat Council (IWC) based in London. The IWC predicts the world wheat trade will reach 96 million tons, which is
UNFPA-run “round table” in Canada The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has recently published the results of its round table meeting held 26–27 August 1993 in Ottawa, Canada. Like well-behaved mice-in-a-maze, the 25 participants carried out the intent of the funders of the government-sponsored conference,
Population Doubling Times The Worldwatch Institute, an allegedly expert group on world population growth, recently demonstrated ignorance of some basic facts about the subject. In the March/April 1994 edition of its bi-monthly publication World Watch (37), the would-be population control outfit published a table of
This is the text of a message from the Roman Catholic Pontiff Pope John Paul II to Nafis Sadik, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund and Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Population and Development, during her visit to Vatican City,
To control the definition of a thing is to control the thing itself. This was the great insight of Humpty Dumpty in Lewis Carroll’s fantasy,
Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics ZPG’s Arguments Spring a Leak On 24 May this writer twice debated Mr. Jay Keller, national field director of ZPG
In addition to the use of women as a political front, elements of the China population control model have found a home within the cultures
The third PrepCom of the U.N. International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) ended in contention in New York City. Resistance centered on abortion and
Clinton administration policy and sovereignty of nations: In a presentation at the Second Preparatory Committee for the International Conference on Population and Development on 11
Role of the NGOs at ICPD PrepCom III: NGOs, particularly the women’s caucus led by the International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC) and the Women’s Development
Rising Asian population to boost wheat trade Asia’s rising population is expected to “inject new life into the world’s wheat trade” according to the International
UNFPA-run “round table” in Canada The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has recently published the results of its round table meeting held 26–27 August 1993
Population Doubling Times The Worldwatch Institute, an allegedly expert group on world population growth, recently demonstrated ignorance of some basic facts about the subject. In
This is the text of a message from the Roman Catholic Pontiff Pope John Paul II to Nafis Sadik, Executive Director of the United Nations