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ARMENIA HONORS BIRTH OF '7TH BILLION CHILD'
Satenik Vantsian
Armenialiberty.org
Oct 31 2011
Armenia has joined in the largely symbolic celebration of the birth
of the world's seventh billion person expected by the United Nations
on Monday.
A baby boy born into the Voskanian family in the northern Armenian
town of Artik 20 minutes past midnight on Monday was declared by
the Armenia office of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
to be the seven billionth living person on Earth.
Thousands of babies are born around the world every hour, and it
is hardly possible to precisely tell which of the newborns gets the
honor of taking the human race to that landmark. Therefore, the United
Nations has apparently decided to go without officially naming anyone
to be that child, with every country picking its own honoree.
Talking to RFE/RL's Armenian Service (Azatutyun.am), UNFPA Armenia
Country Office Executive Representative Garik Hayrapetian said
the estimation of the world population is based on "a very serious
scientific approach". Still, he added: "Five children are born every
second, and I don't think it is possible to tell exactly which child
is born to be the seventh billion."
The baby in Artik, who was named Vahram, was born two weeks
prematurely. He weighs 2.9 kilograms (or about 6 pounds and 6 ounces)
and is now under the supervision of local doctors. Vahram's parents
are residents of the nearby village of Pemzashen.
His father, Garik Voskanian, was not in town to celebrate the occasion
with his family. Like many in this economically depressed area he had
gone to Russia as a migrant worker. His close relatives say, however,
he will come back soon to see his son.
The UN office undertook to provide Vahram with all essential items in
the postnatal period, while the maternity hospital in Artik issued a
special certificate to the little one and the town's mayor gave him
a letter of gratitude.
The maternal hospital in Artik was chosen for the symbolic celebration
as an establishment that by its level of equipment and the number of
recorded births yields to other similar centers in Armenia. The UN
office on Monday donated a mobile echoscope to the center.
The UN estimates that the number of living persons on the planet will
reach eight billion in 2025, while the world population is expected
to hit the 10-billion mark in 2083.
http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/24377265.html
Satenik Vantsian
Armenialiberty.org
Oct 31 2011
Armenia has joined in the largely symbolic celebration of the birth
of the world's seventh billion person expected by the United Nations
on Monday.
A baby boy born into the Voskanian family in the northern Armenian
town of Artik 20 minutes past midnight on Monday was declared by
the Armenia office of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
to be the seven billionth living person on Earth.
Thousands of babies are born around the world every hour, and it
is hardly possible to precisely tell which of the newborns gets the
honor of taking the human race to that landmark. Therefore, the United
Nations has apparently decided to go without officially naming anyone
to be that child, with every country picking its own honoree.
Talking to RFE/RL's Armenian Service (Azatutyun.am), UNFPA Armenia
Country Office Executive Representative Garik Hayrapetian said
the estimation of the world population is based on "a very serious
scientific approach". Still, he added: "Five children are born every
second, and I don't think it is possible to tell exactly which child
is born to be the seventh billion."
The baby in Artik, who was named Vahram, was born two weeks
prematurely. He weighs 2.9 kilograms (or about 6 pounds and 6 ounces)
and is now under the supervision of local doctors. Vahram's parents
are residents of the nearby village of Pemzashen.
His father, Garik Voskanian, was not in town to celebrate the occasion
with his family. Like many in this economically depressed area he had
gone to Russia as a migrant worker. His close relatives say, however,
he will come back soon to see his son.
The UN office undertook to provide Vahram with all essential items in
the postnatal period, while the maternity hospital in Artik issued a
special certificate to the little one and the town's mayor gave him
a letter of gratitude.
The maternal hospital in Artik was chosen for the symbolic celebration
as an establishment that by its level of equipment and the number of
recorded births yields to other similar centers in Armenia. The UN
office on Monday donated a mobile echoscope to the center.
The UN estimates that the number of living persons on the planet will
reach eight billion in 2025, while the world population is expected
to hit the 10-billion mark in 2083.
http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/24377265.html