Today is the World Population Day !
According to the Worldometers, at the beginning of 2019 the world population reached 7,71 billion.
The aim of World Population Day is to draw attention on the urgency and importance of population issues. This international day was established by the then-Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989, an outgrowth of the interest generated by the Day of Five Billion, which was observed on 11 July 1987.
Nine standards to uphold the human right to family planning:
- Non-discrimination: Family planning information and services cannot be restricted on the basis of race, sex, language, religion, political affiliation, national origin, age, economic status, place of residence, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation or gender identity.
- Available: Countries must ensure that family planning commodities and services are accessible to everyone.
- Accessible: Countries must ensure that family planning commodities and services are accessible to everyone.
- Acceptable: Contraceptive services and information must be provided in a dignified manner, respecting both modern medical ethics and the cultures of those being accommodated.
- Good quality: Family planning information must be clearly communicated and scientifically accurate.
- Informed decision-making: Every person must be empowered to make reproductive choices with full autonomy, free of pressure, coercion or misrepresentation.
- Privacy and confidentiality: All individuals must enjoy the right to privacy when seeking family planning information and services.
- Participation: Countries have an obligation to ensure the active and informed participation of individuals in decisions that affect them, including health issues.
- Accountability: Health systems, education systems, leaders and policymakers must be accountable to the people they serve in all efforts to realize the human right to family planning.
More information:
https://www.un.org/en/events/populationday/
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/
You will find below speeches in German, English, French, Polish and Russian that are related to this topic:
DE: 24266 (My Speech Repository)
EN: 24152, 23630 (Public)
FR : 24388 (Public), 27670 (My Speech Repository)
PL: 25701 (Public), 24966 (My Speech Repository)
RU : 26912 (My Speech Repository)
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