Article: GLOBAL POPULATION'S ANNUAL GROWTH

Article: GLOBAL POPULATION'S ANNUAL GROWTH But, with food prices rising, 29 countries needing food aid this year, and budget shortfalls creating cries that foreign aid should be ended, we've got to cut the world's annual growth rate ever more quickly. As was stated at the Earth Summit in 1992 by the then United Nations Under-Secretary General, Maurice Strong, "Either we reduce the world's population voluntarily or nature will do this for us, but brutally." That was when the world had only 5.5 billion people to support. In another six months the number will be a full 7 billion, more than a 25% increase, with yet another 25% increase on top of that expected before 2050. For the foreseeable future, Strong's statement remains 100% correct and more important than ever. Voluntary population reduction remains a "must."