The United Nations
Population Fund, in its
recently published annual report, expresses serious concern over the
overwhelming rise in
sexual diseases the world over and examines problems surrounding contraception
and abortion. The report observes that the
present trend of "marrying late" encourages the younger generation to indulge in
more casual sex, which in its turn exposes
them to AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
The Codex Commission's (responsible
Afor international food standards and
comprising representatives from the UN
Food and Agriculture Organization)
approval of the use of growth-promoting
hormones in meat has thrown the
European Union (EU) in a quandary. The EU,
though under pressure from the US to
reopen its markets, had banned the
import of hormone-enhanced meat. The
approval to "bad meat" has led to allegations that the LIN has allowed itself to be led by the US.
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