Congressional BriefingFebruary 23, 1998 My name is Hector Hugo Chavez Chuchon, and I am the president of the regional medical federation of Ayacucho, Andahuaylas, and Huancavelica in the Republic of Peru. This area is the poorest in the country. I do not belong to any
Congressional BriefingFebruary 23, 1998 As a poor mother of five under age children and separated from my husband who also lives in the city of Andahuaylas, I wash clothes to support myself and the children. During my work activities I got to know an obstetrician
Congressional Briefing February 23, 1998 Political Summary The Republic of Peru is divided into 24 departments and 1 constitutional province, with the capital held in Lima. The current republic is based upon the constitution of December 31, 1993, which allows for three branches of government:
Congressional BriefingFebruary 23, 1998 FY 1997 Development of Assistance: $ 31,650,000 FY 1997 International Narcotics Fund: $ 20,000,000 FY 1997 P.L. 480, Title II Requests: $55,600,000 Total 1997 funding requested for population and health: $13,047,000 is planned for population activities $6,019,000 is planned for health
Congressional Briefing February 23, 1998 It is very important to say that before the tubal ligation, it was very difficult for me to conceive children because of hormonal problems. I took pills to regulate my menstrual cycle and for fertility, and so became pregnant. On
The hysteria over global warming and its corollary that “people are the problem” drowns out and, in some cases cuts off, legitimate scientific evaluation of environmental relationships. Suppose, for example, scientists demonstrated that levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air really were rising, and
Editor’s note: The following description of a recent fundraising dinner for Zero Population Growth ran on the front page of the organization’s site on the World Wide Web. Aside from pointing out that, despite the comments of Mr. Kostmayer and Mr. Wirth, “family planning” around
For 30 years, one notion has shaped much of modern social thought: that the human species is reproducing itself uncontrollably, and ominously. In his best-selling book of 1968, The Population Bomb, Paul Ehrlich warned that “the cancer of population growth must be cut out” or
The world’s innocents dodged a bullet — temporarily at least. Negotiators in the global climate conference held in Kyoto, Japan, over 1–10 December were unable to frame an agreement which contained new population control targets for the developing world. Instead they limited themselves to writing
Kyoto cocktails The timing of the United States delegation’s press briefings, held at 7 p.m., daily miffed conference participants at the global warming summit in Kyoto, Japan in early December. Tired from their labors wrestling with the problems of controlling world population and shackling world
Congressional BriefingFebruary 23, 1998 My name is Hector Hugo Chavez Chuchon, and I am the president of the regional medical federation of Ayacucho, Andahuaylas, and
Congressional BriefingFebruary 23, 1998 As a poor mother of five under age children and separated from my husband who also lives in the city of
Congressional Briefing February 23, 1998 Political Summary The Republic of Peru is divided into 24 departments and 1 constitutional province, with the capital held in
Congressional BriefingFebruary 23, 1998 FY 1997 Development of Assistance: $ 31,650,000 FY 1997 International Narcotics Fund: $ 20,000,000 FY 1997 P.L. 480, Title II Requests:
Congressional Briefing February 23, 1998 It is very important to say that before the tubal ligation, it was very difficult for me to conceive children
The hysteria over global warming and its corollary that “people are the problem” drowns out and, in some cases cuts off, legitimate scientific evaluation of
Editor’s note: The following description of a recent fundraising dinner for Zero Population Growth ran on the front page of the organization’s site on the
For 30 years, one notion has shaped much of modern social thought: that the human species is reproducing itself uncontrollably, and ominously. In his best-selling
The world’s innocents dodged a bullet — temporarily at least. Negotiators in the global climate conference held in Kyoto, Japan, over 1–10 December were unable
Kyoto cocktails The timing of the United States delegation’s press briefings, held at 7 p.m., daily miffed conference participants at the global warming summit in