People: An International Choice
The Multilateral Approach to Population
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1977
- Latest edition
- Author: Rafael M. Salas
- Language: English
People: An International Choice: The Multilateral Approach to Population documents the experiences and thoughts of Rafael Salas in pioneering the United Nations Fund for Population… Read more
People: An International Choice: The Multilateral Approach to Population documents the experiences and thoughts of Rafael Salas in pioneering the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA). This book details the birth, principles, setting forth, and maintenance of this United Nations (UN) action program in population. All the faced risks and challenges are laid down, along with the successes and accomplishments in pioneering this UN program. This book will be invaluable to government and private sectors interested and concerned with the study of human population and its implications for development.
Foreword
Preface
1. At the Onset
The Inheritance
The Fund's First Principles
Three Constituencies
2. In the United Nations
Early Programs
Efforts to Become Operational
Transfer of the Fund
3. First Steps
S1aff Recruitment
The Fund and the United Nations
Establishing the Fund's Program
UNFPA's Principles and Procedures
Fund-raising: First Stage
Establishment of Advisory Groups
Consultations with the United Nations Organizations
The Program Consultative Committee
Government Forums
4. The Promotional Phase
The Next Programming Stage
Making the Fund Known
At Horne on a Plane
5. Institutionalization
Terms of Reference
The Governing Council
6. Building the Structure
Management Approach
Personnel and Personality
Field Staff
7. The Fund's Approach to Assistance
Countries are Sovereign
Marginality of International Assistance
Developing Self-reliance
Beyond Family Planning
Development and Population
With the Catholics
A Matter of Values
8. The Road through Bucharest
World Population Year
Substantive Role of the News Media
The World Population Conference
9. Taking Stock
Program me Delivery
Major Global Projects
Fund-raising: Second Stage
10. At the Gateway
The Changing Scene
Rhetoric and Understanding
The Programs Today
On Resources
Program Priorities
As We Move
Appendix I. Representatives of Governments and Organizations
Appendix II. Former and Present UNFPA Professional Staff in Headquarters and the Field
Name Index
Subject Index
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: January 1, 1977
- Language: English