UN General Assembly
1974

29. Another important international problem which confronts mankind today and in which the United Nations is deeply involved is the explosive increase of population and the growing worldwide shortage of food. The World Population Conference, held in Bucharest in August, and the forthcoming World Food Conference, to be held in Rome in November, are the other two major activities of the United Nations this year. Though these problems seem to be separate, they are very much related to one another. They should be examined together with other interrelated problems like the threat to the environment, the rapid depletion of resources and the need of accelerated economic growth. We very much welcome the World Population Plan of Action adopted by the Bucharest Conference.3