17 December 1981

Establishment of the United Nations Population Award

The General Assembly,

Recalling the World Population Plan of Action adopted by the World Population Conference, held in 1974, and noting with satisfaction the significant contributions made by the United Nations to the implementation of that Plan,

Recognizing the economic and social implications of the population trends, particularly related to development, as described in the reports prepared by the United Nations and the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, which indicate that the world population is projected to grow from 4.4 billion in 1980 to approximately 6.1 billion by the year 2000,

Recognizing the need to promote better awareness and understanding of population issues, especially at the individual and community levels of each country and in accordance with national plans and priorities,

Further recognizing the special significance of establishing an award in order to promote the above-mentioned objective,

1. Decides to establish an annual award, to be named the United Nations Population Award, for the most outstanding contribution to the awareness of population questions or to their solutions, by an individual or individuals, or by an institution, to be presented through the United Nations;

2. Adopts the statute of the United Nations Population Award, the text of which is annexed to the present resolution;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to make the necessary arrangements, under the statute, for the commencement of the Award in 1983, in consultation with the Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to establish a trust fund for the United Nations Population Award to receive voluntary contributions for the Award;

5. Decides that all costs related to the Award should be borne out of the Trust Fund.

ANNEX Statute of the United Nations Population Award Article 1 Aim The aim of the United Nations Population Award, hereinafter referred to as "the Award", is to promote the solution of population questions through encouraging the efforts of people in population-related activities and increasing the awareness of population questions.

Article 2 Award

1. The Award shall be presented annually to an individual, to individuals or to an institution for the most outstanding contribution to increasing the awareness of population questions or to their solutions. No staff member, organ or organization of the United Nations system shall be eligible for the Award.

2. The Award shall consist of a diploma, a gold medal and a monetary prize, the amount of which shall be detemined each year by the Secretary-General on the basis of the investment income of the Trust Fund for the Award.

3. The individual or individuals or the institution to receive the Award shall be announced by the beginning of March each year, and the Award shall be presented by the Secretary-General in the middle of June.

Article 3 Financial matters

1. All financial resources related to the Award shall be composed of the voluntary contributions made by Member States specifically for the Award.

2. Contributions for the Award shall be deposited in the Trust Fund for the United Nations Population Award, to be established by the Secretary-General pursuant to the present resolution.

3. The Trust Fund shall be administered by the Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities on behalf of the Secretary-General.

4. All costs relating to the Award shall be financed from the investment income of the Trust Fund. The administrative costs shall be kept as low as possible.

5. The Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities shall submit to the General Assembly an annual report concerning the Award and the Trust Fund.

Article 4 Selection of laureates

1. The individual or individuals or the institution to receive the Award shall be selected from among those nominated under article 5 below, by a Committee for the United Nations Population Award to be composed of:

(a) Ten representatives of States Members of the United Nations elected by the Economic and Social Council for a period of three years, with due regard to the principle of equitable geographical representation and the need to include those Member States that have made contributions for the Award;

(b) The Secretary-General and the Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, to serve as ex officio members;

(c) Five eminent individuals who have made significant

contributions to population-related activities, to be selected by the aforementioned members of the Committee, to serve as honorary members in an advisory capacity for a renewable term of three years.

2. The Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities shall act as Secretary of the Committee.

3. The rules of procedure of the Committee shall be established by the Economic and Social Council.

Article 5 Nomination of candidates 1. Written nominations for the Award may be received from the following:

(a) Governments of Member States;

(b) Intergovernmental organizations engaged in population-related

activities;

(c) Population-related non-governmental organizations having consultative status with the United Nations;

(d) University professors of population or population-related studies and heads of population-related institutions;

(e) Laureates of the Award.

2. Nominations shall reach the Secretary-General not later than 31 December of the year prior to the year for which the nominations are to be considered.

3. The Committee for the United Nations Population Award shall be convened during the month of February to select the laureate or laureates of that year.