the african child. which has been celebrated on june 16 each year since 1991. when it was initiated by the organization of african unity, the predecessor to the african union. this year the african union has designated child survival as the theme of this year's day of the african child. according to the united nations children's fund, sub-saharan africa remains the most difficult place in the world for the child to survive. each year 1.2 million children, babies, die each year in the first month of their life. roughly one in six children fail to reach their fifth birthday. in response to these shocking statistics, the african union made child survival the theme of the 15th meeting coming up in 2010. the top five killers of children under age five include neonato calls such as respiratory infections, h.i.v. and aids. mr. chairman we encourage the legislators to support this. i join in solidarity with uni self for the africa child -- unicef for the african child. for what purpose does -- the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ri

the obama administration seeking in any way to weaken or overturn pro life laws and policies in african and latin american countries either directly or through multilateral organization, including and especially the united nations, the african union, the organization for american states? and i also asked her, does the new or does the united states definition of reproductive health include abortion? secretary of state clinton was very clear. she was not ambiguous. and in a radical departure from president bush said that the administration, the obama administration, was entitled to advocate abortion anywhere in the world. secretary clinton went ton unilaterally redefine the term reproductive health to include abortion, even though that definition isn't shared by the rest of the world, including and especially in countries in latin america and africa. that's important because the term reproductive health is found in numerous u.n. consensus documents and action plans and in the laws of countries worldwide. on march 31, for example, the u.n. acting deputy assistant secretary for the population refugee and migration bureau told the u.n. the u.s. government seeks to achieve universal access to reproductive health and the promotion of re

this is why the european union during a summit, they established close links with the african union. i am also trying to win over african countries to shoulder their responsibility or helping them shoulder their responsibility. by providing them with the necessary equipment, but also through political discussions. i think due to the experience we have made over the years as european union members, we were able after the second world war to live together peacefully. we have an obligation not only to create peace within europe because we have been able to do that, but to actually shared with others in knowledge of how we managed to get back to happen. dignity of man is invaluable. this goes not only for the germans, not only the europeans, but for every human being all over the world. it means we can solve problems. we as germans have made an experience that was certainly not a matter of cause. the allies extended a helping hand to us and to our neighbor france. the united kingdom and france and the united states. we need to share this experience in order to prevent further cases of tr

the obama administration seeking in any way to weaken or overturn pro-life laws and policies in african nations and latin american countries either directly through multilateral organizations, including the united nations, african union, or the organization for american states, or by way of funding n.g.o.'s like planned parenthood? secretary of state clinton answered that the administration was, quote, entitled to advocate abortion anywhere in the world. she also went on to redefine the words, reproducte health, which are found in many documents and many laws around the world, completely contrary to the accepted definition by the previous administration and many others to include abortion. every time you see that word now in a document, to the clintons and owe bombas it means abortion on demand. the global office on women's issues ought to be all about promoting human rights for women . promoting violence against children and the wounding of their mothers is not human rights. it is the contrary, exbe act opposite. i hope my colleagues will realize that the amount that my good friend and colleague the chairman of the committee, mr. berman, is offering simply restates current law. it says they will follow the law. did

this is why the european union -- during the year-african summit -- eu-african summit tried to shoulder the responsibility and help them and shoulder the responsibility by providing them with resources. i think that due to the experience we have made over the years as european union members, we were able, after the second world war to live together peacefully. we have an obligation to not only create peace within europe, because we have been able to do that, but to shoot -- but to share with others how we were able to get that to happen. this is what is described in the german constitution. this goes for every human being all over the world. it means we can solve problems of this kind. we have made an experience that is certainly not a matter of coincidence. the allies extended a helping hand to us and to our neighbor, france. and also, the united states of america. we need to prevent further cases of tragedy occurring. we will always be at your side -- to the side of the americans. thank you very much. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copy

the european union during the e.u. africa summit established closed link -- established close links with african countries to shoulder their responsibility or helping them shoulder their responsibility, for example providing them with the necessary equipment but also through political discussions. i think due to the decisions we have made over the injuries, that we were able after the second world war to live together peacefully, we have an onl obligation to not only create peace within europe, because we have been able to do that, but to actually share with others the knowledge how we manage to get that to happen. dignity of man is invie labble. this is what is what is described in the german constitution. this goes not only for the germans but for every human being all over the world. we as germans after the second world war have made an experience that was not a matter of course. the allies extended a helping hand to us, to our neighbor france, the united kingdom, but also the united states of america. we need to share this experience in order to prevent other tragic cases from occurring. and we will always be at the si

many of us in the african-american community know that if it weren't for or if it hadn't been for labor unions, many of our families would not have become middle income and so the right to organize, the right to participate and to be in a union is essential because when we're talking about jobs we're not just talking about a job but we're talking about a job with justice, jobs with good-paying -- with benefits, with a pension, with health care, the type of job that any american so deserves and so this employee free choice act is an extremely important part of any jobs movement that we have developed here in the congress and so the congressional black caucus continues to be the conscious -- conscience of the congress and we will continue to speak out for those who don't have a voice and for those who could possibly be left behind were it not for members of the congressional black caucus who stand strong, 42 of us, in moving forward an agenda, opportunities for all pathways out of poverty. let me thank congresswoman marcia fudge again for stepping up to the plate and for bringing this very crit