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                       Excerpt from Press Release.
  The written statement was not available in a scannable language at the
                time of presentation in the conference.
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MAX VAN DEN BERG, of Eurostep: Many of the innovative and far-reaching 
commitments proposed have disappeared from the final Summit documents which 
government leaders will sign.  Although there are not the kind of concrete 
or specific commitments which had been hoped for, the programme of action 
will be a tool for beginning the fight against poverty.  Heads of State and 
Government will be held accountable for the declaration they sign here.  
Eurostep will regard the declaration as a standard for policy setting and 
implementation, both at the national and regional level.