WMLiS Model United Nations 2014 - Population Control Chair Report
Structuring Worldwide Resource Distribution and Population Control
Eri Zhong 钟尔灵
Katherine Wei 魏嘉奕
Alan Wang 汪一鼎
Introduction
In this modern age, we must prepare our world for the next generation and ensure our descendants have adequate resources to thrive on our Blue Planet. With the pressures of an expanding population ahead, it is the direct responsibility of the General Assembly to take initiative in foreseeing an end to this multigenerational stressor.
Topic Background The world’s population started to accelerate in the middle of the 18th century with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, associated with the developments in agriculture. In fact, population growth is now concentrated in the developing regions of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, which accounted for "85 percent of the increase of global population since 1950". However, in the developed world (North America, Europe, Russia, and Oceania), birth rates have declined and gradually stabilized. Each year the number of human beings increases, but the amount of natural resources with which to sustain this population remains finite. The gap between the population and resources is immense because much of the population is highly concentrated in developing and low-income countries, which many governments do not have the ability to provide basic living conditions for their citizens. Due to the limited resources on earth and in various countries, it is vital for all the nations unite together to control the population growth Population growth is the rate of increase in the size of a given area, such as a city, country or continent. It is also closely connected to fertility, which is the rate at which women produce offspring. High fertility is concentrated in few countries and is prevalent "among the 49 least developed countries, 31 of which had fertility levels above 5 children per woman around 2005." Low fertility is seen in several examples of the world’s most developed countries; in many cases
Eri Zhong 钟尔灵
Katherine Wei 魏嘉奕
Alan Wang 汪一鼎
Introduction
In this modern age, we must prepare our world for the next generation and ensure our descendants have adequate resources to thrive on our Blue Planet. With the pressures of an expanding population ahead, it is the direct responsibility of the General Assembly to take initiative in foreseeing an end to this multigenerational stressor.
Topic Background The world’s population started to accelerate in the middle of the 18th century with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, associated with the developments in agriculture. In fact, population growth is now concentrated in the developing regions of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, which accounted for "85 percent of the increase of global population since 1950". However, in the developed world (North America, Europe, Russia, and Oceania), birth rates have declined and gradually stabilized. Each year the number of human beings increases, but the amount of natural resources with which to sustain this population remains finite. The gap between the population and resources is immense because much of the population is highly concentrated in developing and low-income countries, which many governments do not have the ability to provide basic living conditions for their citizens. Due to the limited resources on earth and in various countries, it is vital for all the nations unite together to control the population growth Population growth is the rate of increase in the size of a given area, such as a city, country or continent. It is also closely connected to fertility, which is the rate at which women produce offspring. High fertility is concentrated in few countries and is prevalent "among the 49 least developed countries, 31 of which had fertility levels above 5 children per woman around 2005." Low fertility is seen in several examples of the world’s most developed countries; in many cases