The World Population Conference and the Population Tribune August 1974.

: This is a report of the World Population Conference and related activities in Bucharest, Romania, in August 1974 which created an awareness of the importance of population change for development in different parts of the world. Major points made at the conference were: 1) there is need for a more equitable distribution of wealth; 2) there is an interrelationship between population growth and other socioeconomic variables; 3) every state should have the solitary right to decide on the demographic policies most suitable for it; 4) family planning is not an engine of change to speed the development process; 5) there is a need for attention to the role of women in development. The World Population Plan recommended more research into population problems. 3 additional conferences were planned for the early part of 1975. The conference was the site for 5 different points of view on population ranging from the desirability of population growth to fill empty lands to the importance of limitation of population growth and the importance of development.