La création de la Commission découlait de la reconnaissance de l'important rôle joué par les variables démographiques dans le développement socio-économique. En 1946, il n'y avait aucun consensus concernant les questions ...

The establishment of the Commission was due to the recognition of the importance of the role of population variables in socio-economic development. Even as early as 19*6, there was no general agreement on population issues ...

In the 1950s the UN called on its member States to take into account the complex interrelationships "between copulation and development in their social and economic Planning l/. The World Population Plan of Action (WPPA) ...