The United Nation's International Conference of Population and Development (ICPD) met in Cairo, Egypt in November of 1994 to discuss and try to fix these problems. The ideas that were brought up included birth control and to the increase the knowledge of contraceptives to undeveloped countries as well as the awareness of HIV and AIDS. With this "20-year plan", the goal to preserve the population and its effects on the world will be established. .
Another rising global challenge that is every nation in the world is facing is nuclear proliferation. The global concern with nuclear war and proliferation is so important because of the amount mass destruction, death and extreme damage that could occur. The only countries that declare themselves nuclear powers have access and obtain these nuclear weapons are the US, China, Russia, France and the United Kingdom. However, even those these are the only ones that possess these weapons of mass destruction, it is still a global concern that faces every nation. Due to the large expansion of the military and the investment in machinery, the amount of nuclear weapons has increased to at least 50,000 nuclear weapons and is steadily increasing over the years. The power of these weapons is equal to one million Hiroshima bombs (H-bombs) that was dropped by the US during World War I to ultimately destroy an entire city. After the nuclear bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War I, the US had realized the importance of the abolition of nuclear bombs and they declared the pledge of "no first use." This was a promise to not use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear armed states. This rule was later recognized in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) that was established in 1945 and is still acknowledged today. This treaty between the five nuclear powers stated that countries cannot transfer nuclear weapons to any non-nuclear weapon states, and shipments of machinery must be inspected by the IAEA.