ISO: GEO *************************************************************************** The electronic version of this document has been prepared at the Fourth World Conference on Women by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women Secretariat. *************************************************************************** AS WRITTEN *************************************************************************** Excerpt from Press Release. The written statement was not available in a scannable language at the time of presentation in the conference. *************************************************************************** RUSSUDAN BERIDZE, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia: For 70 years, Georgia had only dreamed of independence. The new Constitution takes the democratic path of development, establishing the rights and freedoms of human beings. A terrorist attack on the President of Georgia took place on the day that Constitution was to be signed. We should raise our voice against violence and terrorism.