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273:: Family-planning counseling, pre-natal care, safe delivery and post-natal care, prevention and appropriate treatment of infertility, prevention of abortion and the management of the consequences of abortion, treatment of reproductive tract infections, sexually transmitted diseases and other reproductive health conditions; and education, counseling, as appropriate, on human sexuality, reproductive health and responsible parenthood. Services regarding HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, infertility, and delivery should be made available. Active discouragement of 202:, when she stated at a meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women that: "nongovernmental organizations are attempting to assert that Beijing in some way creates or contributes to the creation of an internationally recognized fundamental right to abortion". She added: "There is no fundamental right to abortion. And yet it keeps coming up largely driven by NGOs trying to hijack the term and trying to make it into a definition". 179:' in the sense that it implies abortion as a means of family planning or, indeed, a right to abortion. These interpretations, however, do not reflect the consensus reached at the Conference. For the European Union, where legislation on abortion is less restrictive than elsewhere, the Council Presidency has clearly stated that the council's commitment to promote 'reproductive health' did not include the promotion of abortion. 1047: 185:"The term 'reproductive health' was defined by the United Nations (UN) in 1994 at the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development. All Member States of the Union endorsed the Programme of Action adopted at Cairo. The Union has never adopted an alternative definition of 'reproductive health' to that given in the Programme of Action, which makes no reference to abortion." 1035: 373:
European Parliament, 4 December 2003: Oral Question (H-0794/03) for Question Time at the part-session in December 2003 pursuant to Rule 43 of the Rules of Procedure by Dana Scallon to the Council. In the written record of that session, one reads: Posselt (PPE-DE): β€œDoes the term 'reproductive health'
226:: Countries should strive to reduce infant and under-5 child mortality rates by one-third or to 50–70 deaths per 1000 by the year 2000. By 2015 all countries should aim to achieve a rate below 35 per 1,000 live births and under-five mortality rate below 45 per 1,000. 320:) which includes duty bearers, civil society organisations (CSOs), private sector organisation, women group, youth networks, faith base organisation etc. to discuss and agree on the actions to complete the ICPD Programme of Action. 195:"Let us get a false issue off the table: the US does not seek to establish a new international right to abortion, and we do not believe that abortion should be encouraged as a method of family planning." 344: 217:: Universal primary education in all countries by 2015. Urge countries to provide wider access to women for secondary and higher-level education as well as vocational and technical training. 58:
Some 20,000 delegates from various governments, UN agencies, NGOs, and the media gathered for a discussion of a variety of population issues, including immigration,
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of that by 2015. Disparities in maternal mortality within countries and between geographical regions, socio-economic and ethnic groups should be narrowed.
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According to the official ICPD release, the conference delegates achieved consensus on the following four qualitative and quantitative goals:
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did not attend or fund the previous conference held in Mexico City in 1984. The official spokesman for the Holy See was archbishop
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are co-convening the summit. It is a platform for all interested in the pursuit of sexual and reproductive health and rights (
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in November. It marks the 25th year of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The government of
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With regard to the US, only a few days prior to the Cairo Conference, the head of the US delegation, Vice President
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Some years later, the position of the US Administration in this debate was reconfirmed by US Ambassador to the UN,
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Likewise, the European Commission, in response to a question from a Member of the European Parliament, clarified:
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The conference received considerable media attention due to disputes regarding the assertion of
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Jyoti Shankar Singh, Creating a New Consensus on Population (London: Earthscan, 1998), 60
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During and after the ICPD, some interested parties attempted to interpret the term '
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European Parliament, 24 October 2002: Question no 86 by Dana Scallon (H-0670/02)
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Access to reproductive and sexual health services including family planning
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include the promotion of abortion, yes or no?” – Antonione, Council: β€œNo.”
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for his participation, considering the fact that president
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International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
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National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda (1994)
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The first World Population Conference sponsored by the
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UN conference held in Cairo from 5–13 September 1994
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Index

ICPDR
International Center for Peace and Development
ICPD
Cairo
United Nations Population Fund
infant mortality
birth control
family planning
education of women
World Population Conferences
World Population Conference
League of Nations
Margaret Sanger
Geneva
Switzerland
United Nations
Rome
Belgrade
Bucharest
Mexico City
reproductive rights
Holy See
Islamic
Bill Clinton
conservatives
Ronald Reagan
Renato Martino
reproductive health
Al Gore
Ellen Sauerbrey

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