World population year.

The purposes of the World Population Year (1974) declared by the General Assembly of the United Nations are: 1) to improve knowledge of and information about population trends; 2) sharpen awareness of population problems and their implications; 3) provide education on population family life and reproduction; 4) stimulate consideration of alternative policies in the population and development fields and 5) expand international cooperation in the population field and supply increased technical assistance to countries needing and desiring it. The central core of activity is the United Nations Conference which is a series of meetings under various names culminating in the final World Population Conference to be held in Bucharest in August 1974.