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"Mr President, we are all deeply concerned about the plight of women in developing countries, many of whom have to confront the real problems of famine, disease and war. I fully support efforts by the European Union to improve health and sanitary conditions for women in these countries.
Throughout the developing world, particularly in the poorest countries, hundreds of women are dying in childbirth because the health systems in those countries cannot afford proper medical care and appropriate services. This is why it is so important that the European Union helps to improve the health facilities in these countries.
I should like to state for the record that I fully support the agreement reached at the Cairo Conference on Population and Development in 1994, which was updated in 1999. The Cairo agreement states that abortion cannot be promoted as a family planning method, and that regulations regarding abortion are solely for individual countries to decide upon. I am fully satisfied that this draft regulation on sexual and reproductive rights fully complies with the requirements laid down by the Cairo agreement. I will be monitoring this legislation very carefully, at all stages of its enactment, so as to guarantee that it is in full conformity with the provisions of the Cairo agreement.
I am aware that the Irish Government is very vigilant in monitoring the terms of this proposal. I also want to state, in the clearest possible language, my strong commitment to defending the rights of children and the unborn. The European Union has no power whatsoever to deal with the issue of abortion, which rightly remains the sole preserve of individual Member States. There is nothing this report can do to propose a change in this legal position."@en1
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