July 11th, 2024
| Company: | United Nations, Dept of Public Info |
| Contact: | Public Inquires Unit |
| Telephone: | (212) 963-4475 |
| Web site: | http://www.un.org/en/observances/world-population-day |
In June 1989 the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme recommended that July 11 be observed by the international community as World Population Day. An outgrowth of the Day of the Five Billion (July 11, 1987), this day seeks to focus public attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, particularly in the context of overall development plans and programs and the need to create solutions to these problems.
