[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 77 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 77

      Concerning the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 1995

 Mr. Lipinski submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
      Concerning the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing.
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
SECTION 1. FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN IN BEIJING.

    It is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, 
        should promote an authentic women's perspective on issues of 
        equality, peace, and development; and
            (2) if the United States sends a delegation to the 
        Conference, the delegation should--
                    (A) in accordance with the United Nations Universal 
                Declaration of Human Rights, ensure that ``motherhood 
                [is] entitled to special care and assistance.'';
                    (B) in accordance with the Universal Declaration of 
                Human Rights, uphold the family as ``the natural and 
                fundamental group unit of society'' and therefore 
                ``entitled to protection by society and the state'';
                    (C) oppose female feticide;
                    (D) in accordance with the commonly used and 
                generally accepted usage of the word, gender refers to 
                woman and man as the two sexes of the human being; and
                    (E) in accordance with the United Nations 
                Declaration of Human Rights uphold ``the freedom of 
                conscience and religion [and the] manifestation [of] 
                one's religion or belief in practice'' with particular 
                regard to those who provide health care services.
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