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POP/701
10 February 1999


Press Release
POP/701


HILLARY CLINTON AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMMES

19990210

THE HAGUE, 9 February (UNFPA) -- "When 600,000 women still die every year due to pregnancy-related causes, this is no time to cut back on our commitment to family planning", United States First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton declared today at a global meeting on population and development.