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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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   SARA NAZARBAEVA, First Lady of Kazakstan:  Forums such as this
Conference provide an opportunity to remind States and governments of the
many problems concerning women and the family, and the many violations of
their rights.  We, together, must change this world, making it good, just
and free of bloodshed.

Women in Kazakstan have long believed in the need to live in peace and
harmony, both at home and with their neighbours.  Women and men are two
parts of a single whole, and that whole means the family, the clan, the
nation and humankind.  If a woman, forgetting about her husband and
children, devotes herself entirely to her own welfare, that indicates
abnormal relations in society.

   Education does not only mean knowledge; it also means a level of
warmth, kindness and tenderness.  It also means the transmission of moral
values which temper tendencies to violence.  Women have to play their role
as peacemakers.  A children's fund in Kazakstan is involved in charitable
activities.  The fund is actively involved in the medical care of children.
 I invite those involved in charitable work for children to cooperate
actively with us.

   The Conference should declare the need to establish a collective
system for environmental security.  An appeal by the Conference to the
General Assembly would have an effect on the most hard-line political
leaders and the most conservative forces.  Women have always stood up
against animosity and intolerance.  Let us, today, do everything possible
to stop wars and the destruction of our planet.