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A considerable expansion of this program is anticipated and as 

 Administrator of the UNDP, Mr. Paul Hoffman proposed a goal of 

 $15 million in pledges for 1970. The United States responded by pledg- 

 ing to contribute up to $7.5 million, subject to matching contributions 

 from other donors. In the fiscal year 1971 the U.S. pledged $12.5 mil- 

 lion to the U.N. for population activity, again on a matching basis. In 



1970 roughly $10 million was obligated by the UNFPA for programs 

 and projects of the United Nations and its specialized agencies. The 

 fund has been active in supporting expanded population programs by 

 the U.N.'s regional commissions for Africa, Asia and the Far East, 

 and Latin America. 



The Population Division of the U.N. Secretariat will continue its 

 traditional role of demographic research and projections, technical 

 information services, and support for conferences funded from the 

 U.N.'s regular budget. It will also serve as an executive agency for 

 the UNFPA in providing technical assistance to requesting countries 

 in areas within its competence. 



Some of the U.N.'s specialized agencies are both interested and active 

 i n the population field. These include the World Health Organization 

 (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) , the Food 

 and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the International Labo r 

 Organization (ILO) . Some UNFPA money will be funneled to WHO 

 for its training programs, and advisory and technical services to mem- 

 ber countries, etc. Some of its funds will also go to the FAO, which is 

 interested in policy-oriented research into the implications of popu- 

 lation trends for agricultural development and in the integration of 

 family planning into home economics education. ILO will also re- 

 ceive funds from the UNFPA for activities including exploratory 

 missions to several countries on such matters as the relationship of 

 population and family planning to industrial health and welfare 

 services. The United States pays regular assessments to FAO and 

 WHO, while U.S. contributions to UNICEF are normally financed 

 through the foreign aid appropriation. The second installment of tiie 

 U.S. assessment to ILO for 1970 was not paid, however, because of 

 congressional dissatisfaction over the growing direction being taken 

 by ILO (specifically, a belief that Communist influence was excessive 

 in the affairs of the Organization). This item was not included in the 



1971 State Department appropriations bill that cleared Congress. 

 The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development 



(OECD) has also established a Population Unit, which has received 

 its chief support thus far from Sweden and the United States. The 

 purpose of this Population Unit is to promote awareness, among both 

 donors and recipients, of the population factor in international devel- 

 opment, and to disseminate current information on the subject. It has 

 organized several conferences and seminars for this purpose. 



The World Bank, the most important multilateral lending institu- 

 tion, is moving increasingly into population and family plannine 

 activities, particularly since Robert McNamara assumed its presi- 

 dency. It set up a Population Projects Department in fiscal 1969, and 

 made its first loan in this field in June 1970. World Bank activities in 

 this field are of special interest to the United States inasmuch as this 

 country is the Bank's largest contributor, subscribing over 24 percent 

 of its capital as of June 30, 1969. 



