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第23回優秀賞“The Role of United Nations in the Global PopulationIssue”森山香澄AbstractWhile rapid population growth poses severe issues in third world nations, in firstworld nations the opposite phenomenon, population decline, has arisen as a newissue. Continued population growth inhibits development and aggravates poverty;on the other hand failing birthrate in turn will result in stagnant development andthen to less financial support for the nations in need and the solution of global issues.However, the population today is the outcome of rapid social changes brought aboutin the last several decades, and when one recalls the fact that the figure was less thanhalf that of today in 1950, the current state is by no means a standard that needs tobe sustained. Failing birthrate should not be solved by encouraging fertility; rather,the world should accept this reality as a natural phenomenon, acknowledge not onlyits demerits but also merits, and further anticipate solutions other than increasing thenumber of children. On the other hand, the two paths population is taking in first andthird world nations will only result in exacerbation of global economy. At the currentstate, the United Nations should give priority to population growth problem, whichultimately will result in assisting the population decline issue. In such situation, oneneeds to find the balance between human rights s/he possesses as an individual andresponsibility for his/her decisions as a global citizen. Accordingly, the United Nationsneeds to find a means to involve general citizens more in its projects and to find a513