[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 140 (Friday, September 30, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 30, 1994]
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            FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD SUMMIT FOR CHILDREN

  (Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, today is the fourth anniversary of 
the World Summit for Children. On September 30, 1990, 71 national 
leaders and delegations from 88 other countries met at the United 
Nations to outline a series of goals to be reached by the year 2000. 
These goals include: Reducing child and infant deaths by at least one 
third, material deaths by half, child malnutrition by half; and 
providing universal access to basic education, safe drinking water, and 
family planning services.
  Four years later, millions of saved lives are the result. If the 
United States is to meet the commitment we made 4 years ago, however, 
we must safeguard and increase development aid targeted for child 
survival. By doing so, we will also ensure that when political 
upheavals occur, as we have witnessed in Somalia and Rwanda, the cost 
in human lives will be greatly reduced because of simple preventive 
health measures already implemented. I urge my congressional colleagues 
to honor our promise to the children of the world.

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