The United nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said that with a population of 94 million, the Philippines is the 12th most populous country in the world and with an average of 2 million babies born every year, the number could hit the 100 million mark by 2015.
The world population will reach the 7-billion mark later this year, the United Nations said Monday on World Population Day, an annual event designed to draw awareness to the challenges facing a growing populace.
“We have enough food for everyone, yet nearly a billion people go hungry,” said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
He said diseases continue to spread despite medical and scientific advances, and conflict and costly armaments continue to inflict misery while “all of people of conscience dream of peace.”
“We have seen many examples this year of the immense power of people to embrace hope over despair, to seek fair treatment where they are suffering discrimination, and to demand justice over tyranny,” Ban said, referring to the Arab Spring.
The Worldwatch Institute, a Washington-based research organisation, said agriculture has re-emerged as a solution to mitigate a host of the world’s crises, including climate change, reduce public health problems and creating jobs in a stagnant world economy.
The institute said a study on ways to nourish the planet highlights small-scale agricultural efforts to help improve peoples’ livelihoods by providing them with food and income.
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
Daily Observances:
First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
n the Philippines
Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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