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". – I thank the rapporteur, Mrs Sandbæk, for her efforts to secure adoption at first reading. Our proposal for a regulation on aid for policies and actions on reproductive and sexual health and rights in developing countries is very important in contributing to improved health outcomes and achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
Let me reinforce this message by giving you one stark fact: maternal mortality in Africa has remained relatively constant in the last 10 years and largely affects the poorest women. In some countries, for example Malawi, maternal mortality is increasing. I find this unacceptable and we, as Europeans, need to show our commitment to improving this situation.
This regulation addresses the unacceptably high death and illness rates of women by giving us the means to carry out the principles and policies agreed in the Programme for Action of the International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo in 1994 and the Key Actions adopted five years later.
The main principles are: the basic right for people to protect their reproductive and sexual rights; the right of universal access to care, services and products; and the right to choose freely the number and spacing of their children.
There is a need for this regulation to fund innovative actions, which are cost-effective and have the potential to be replicated in other areas or scaled up using other funding resources. It will serve to develop local partnerships with the different actors and, where appropriate, contribute to regional or global initiatives."@en1
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