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  • Title: Comments from Pacific representatives.
    Journal: Popul Headl; 1997; (257):7. PubMed ID: 12292474.
    Abstract:
    Reports from Fiji, Nauru, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu were given in statements to the Senior Officials segment of the 53rd session of the Commission. In Fiji, based on 1996 census results, urbanization has increased from 30% of the total population to 46%. Squatter settlements have become an issue in urban areas, as have waste disposal and management problems. Another problem is the age distribution of the population; one-fourth of the population of Fiji are between the ages of 15 and 24. Of the 13,000 who come out of school annually, 4000 find paid work. 75% of the unemployed are young people. Migration from rural to urban areas adds to the number of youth seeking employment. The head of the Nauru delegation stated that population issues are important in Nauru, despite its small population size, because 60% of the population in Nauru are under age 25, and the annual population growth rate is 4%. The head of the delegation from the Northern Mariana Islands, the Honorable Manuel Tenario, said that regional and subregional cooperation is the key to successful sustainable growth in view of the global implications of trade, transportation, communications, population movements, and technology. The Honorable David Sitai, head of the delegation from the Solomon Islands, noted that the population there would reach 750,000 in less than 2 decades at the current annual population growth rate of 3.5%. The formal sector employment growth of 2.5% per annum has not kept pace with the labor force growth of approximately 4% per annum within the formal sector. According to the Honorable Willie Jimmy, head of the delegation from Vanuatu, sustainable development has been his country's goal despite rapid urbanization, rapid population growth, and slow economic growth.
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