Word: wirth
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...Vatican is not likely to sign off on it. The new text places priority on making family planning available to reduce the need for abortions. It says abortion should not be encouraged as a method of family planning and its legality should be left to individual countries. Tim Wirth, the U.S. Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs, told TIME senior writer Eugene Linden that most countries had signed on to the compromise language. "We won," Wirth told Linden Thursday night. Still, many delegates are furious at the Vatican for stalling the talks while it pressed its abortion stand...
...Timothy Wirth, a U.S. Under Secretary of State and a leader of the American delegation going to Cairo, denies that the U.N. plan would impose Western values on other cultures. Argues Wirth: "Everything in the document is done within the framework of national laws, cultures and religions. The U.N. is not going to dictate what a culture...
...Wirth called for more effective reproductive and other health services around the world, particularly reproductive education for women...
...response, Wirth said it is unwise to jump into policy initiatives "which might look good on the surface" but have longer-lasting negative consequences...
...Clinton team came into the White House too late to rectify the situation in Bosnia, Wirth said...