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UNITED STATES:
Amb. Victor Marrero stressed that the
recommendations that come out of the Cairo Conference should
constitute a clear agenda for future action. The US hopes that
the document will state clearly that stabilizing the world's
population is a goal that underlies and mutually reinforces all
other goals. Women's control over childbearing is fundamental to
achieving full gender equality. The section on family planning
needs to be broadened to encompass not only access to currently
available methods of contraception, but AIDS prevention,
contraceptive needs of adolescents, safe abortion and other
pregnancy-related services. With regard to the means of
implementation, the US suggested the following: governments
should strengthen information, education and communication
programmes related to family planning and reproductive health;
donors and recipients should be held accountable for how
financial and technical support is used; the section on research
should be broadened; and estimates of resource requirements
should be included.