7 Billion Actions

7 Billion Actions Campaign
Formation2011
HeadquartersNew York City
Location
  • Global
Official language
English
Key people
Babatunde Osotimehin (Executive Director, UNFPA)
Website7billionactions.org

7 Billion Actions is a worldwide campaign established by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in 2011 to commemorate the world population milestone of 7 billion people. UNFPA is a United Nations organization that works on population and development issues, with an emphasis on reproductive health and gender equality.[1] 7 Billion Actions works with multiple corporations, organizations and individuals to address the 7 Key Issues such as poverty, gender equality, youth, ageing, urbanization, environment, and reproductive health and rights. The UN has declared the World Population surpassing 7 billion on 31 October 2011.[2][3] Prior to this date, the UN celebrated the Day of Six Billion in October 1999.

  1. ^ "United Nations Population Fund". UNFPA. Archived from the original on 2009-05-20. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. ^ "World Population to Reach 7 Billion on 31 October". Unfpa.org. 2011-05-03. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
  3. ^ Gillis, Justin; Dugger, Celia W. (2011-05-03). "U.N. Forecasts 10.1 Billion People by Century's End". The New York Times.