RI won't apply all Beijing pacts<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia will not implement certain
\nrecommendations made in the two final documents of the Fourth
\nWorld Conference on Women in Beijing, despite endorsing it,
\nMinister of Women's Roles Mien Sugandhi said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Indonesia endorsed the documents for the sake of consensus,
\nbut it reserves the right to decide in implementing the
\ncommitments, Mien, chief of the Indonesian delegation to Beijing,
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The minister briefed President Soeharto on the conference
\nyesterday, at Merdeka Palace. The conference reached an eleventh
\nhour consensus on the final declaration and the Platform for
\nAction, supposedly the blueprint for action on improving the
\nconditions of women worldwide.<\/p>\n
Despite the endorsement, many countries, including Indonesia,
\nregistered reservations on a number of contentious issues. United
\nNations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, in a written
\nspeech at the conference's closing, appealed to all countries to
\nimplement the programs.<\/p>\n
After meeting with Soeharto, Mien said that implementation of
\nthe Beijing recommendations is a decision each participating
\ncountry must make.<\/p>\n
Indonesia could not accept some of the points on sexual rights
\nand on the concept of a family, she said.<\/p>\n
She declined to state Indonesia's position on sexual rights,
\nbut on the concept of a family, she said Indonesia is insisting
\nthat a family is a married couple, a man and a woman, and their
\nchildren.<\/p>\n
Mien, who represented President Soeharto in Beijing, said that
\noverall, the congress has been successful for Indonesia.<\/p>\n
She said the acceptance of a paper presented by delegations
\nfrom members of the Non-aligned Movement, which was headed by
\nIndonesia, and a UNESCO award for Indonesia's Family Welfare
\nMovement, helped bolster Indonesia's prestige.<\/p>\n
There was also a reference to the progress of Indonesian
\nwomen, made by U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in her
\naddress to the forum, she said.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Clinton visited Indonesia when she accompanied the
\nAmerican president, who was attending the Asia-Pacific Economic
\nCooperation forum last November. (emb)<\/p>",
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