European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes world sunday september 10, 1995 Vatican rips women s conference Beijing apr the Vatican on saturday complained that the platform being debated at a . Women a conference casts marriage and family in a negative Light but critics accused the Church of seeking to impose a narrow definition of womanhood. A the outbreak of discord a including a heated Exchange Between former . Rep. Bella Abzug and a roman Catholic monsignor a came amid Tough negotiations at the fourth world conference on women on issues ranging from teen sex to discrimination against lesbians. With the conference ending in a week participants from 189 countries Are working furiously to reach agreement on a plan of action to achieve Equality for women. About 20 percent of the 120-Page text is still in dispute. A the Vatican said that after five Days of talks the draft document a casts marriage and the family negatively As impediments to women a  the holy see delegation also said in a statement that conference negotiators have thus far a a quashed references to motherhood a except negative ones. That brought a stinging response from Abzug who is in Beijing in her capacity As head of a Public policy group. A the holy see has a right to make a statement but i Tell you its a statement of desperation and More significantly its a statement ignoring the will of a Large Large consensus which exists a she told reporters As Church officials stood by. Joan Lewis a member of the Vatican a holy see delegation passes out a statement in Beijing on saturday that criticizes the women a conference platform. Britain a monsignor Peter j. Elliott protested that a it is most dishonest to depict us As  but moments later he stirred a hornets nest when he referred to women a innate Worth As a a distinct value of  Abzug snorted at that. She accused him of wanting to define womanhood in narrow terms. A if it does no to fit into that you re not Happy with it a she said. The Vatican had singled out the european Union by name As an impediment to consensus on family issues. But Spanish social affairs minister Marina. Subirats whose country holds the rotating eur presidency said the Church was trying to impose a restrictive View of what should be considered family a Mother father and children. A a it a not Only the traditional kind of family its also women alone with children a she said. A a it a realism a its  the Vatican a powerful Force at the conference already has indicated it will not seek to turn the gathering into a major Battleground Over abortion and artificial contraception As it did at a population conference in Cairo Egypt last year. But in Beijing the Church has made family issues the focus of its objections to the emerging platform document which will not be legally binding but will act As a guide for governments to make  May riot again Leader warns Papeete Tahiti a anti French rioting in Tahiti could explode again if Paris sets off another nuclear blast in the South Pacific a polynesian Leader has warned rioters firebombed Tahiti a territorial Assembly and other downtown buildings and burned part of the Airport to punish colonial France for detonating a nuclear device tuesday under muru Roa atoll 750 Miles Southeast of Papeete. A a a. A a. A. At least 17 people were injured and damage was estimated in the millions of dollars. 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