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Seven recommendations were brought before the Policy Com- mittee, one was lost. I. That the ACWW urge its member societies to pressure their respective governments to reflect the unpaid work of family members in their Gross National Product. This only barely passed because people thought that the word “Farm~ ily Member" should have read “Women”, which was in the moâ€" tion originally presented. proposed by Norway 2. That ACWW member societies work hard against pornography and use their influence to urge their governments to impose stricter measures to control the use of obscene words and descriptions of sexual aberrations so prevalent in books, plays. films. radio and TN. information â€" Children and young adults who are exposed to this are brought up to accept it as the norm, and this will be perpetuated through their families in due course. Proposed by Zimbabwe and Samhalle 3. That ACWW member societies in those countries who have not yet ratified the “UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women” of i979. urge their respective governments to ratify and imple ment the Convention. Proposed by Samhallc 4. That ACWW member societies in their respective countries rcconi~ mend mammography as an impor- tant part of health programs for women. Proposed by Samhnllt- 5. That ACWW member societies continue to promote the WHO “Infant Feeding Code” of 1981 . , , _ , meet in Ireland Recommendations and resolutions and also use their influence iii those countrng who have accepted the Code. so that the national lam in the spirit of the (‘odc be Pl't.‘ pared. information * The ('Utlt‘ \L‘L‘ln [ti ban all forms ol‘ adYL‘rll‘slllg and promotion of breast milk xiii» stitutes. Propost h) Sumhalle 6. The AC‘WW nicnilicr \OCIL‘llL‘N work for a minute L'Ull\l\[|ll_L‘ til' L‘OlCl boiled water. all“ and Nllgltl to be used instead of i:\pcii~.i'tc iiii ported drugs. in curing dint l linen diseases amongst cliildicii. [his can also be used for adults and is very effective. Proposed by a number of Danish Societies I I I . The following I'L‘\Ulllllllll\ iiii polit‘) were all carried. 1. World Food Tltttl ACWW laLL‘s action tliititigli UN agencies to ensure that :tdc- qualc technical and l'iiiancutl :issis lance is made available in pt‘L‘\L‘x1[ recurrent families and tiiiiiimt‘ agricultural sellâ€"xiil’licicncv Iii (minimal mi [1. 3.3 Families prove we CAN love anyone A FAMILY PROVES YOU CAN LOVE ANYONE was the presenta- tion given by Nell McCafferty. Love. she said. is a strange and beautiful thing when it comes to family. It real- ly doesn't matter if a member has been a bad actor, a thief . bungled his or her life and everyone else’s around them, when they return to the home there is always a welcome at the door. It is a good feeling to know that somewhere there is family who is will- ing to hear your story and give a helping hand if needed. she added. Nell drew her presentation to a close with these words. No matter what the rules or regulations are we will reâ€" spond and always have responded to our families. That must never change. Whatever they have done to us. they are family and they love us. Families have proved we CAN love anybody. The family in this country (and ours as well) is as safe as houses. Saturday and Monday a more seri- ous part of the conference began with four seminars on FOCUS ()N llll‘ FAMILY. My auigniiicnt lot this time was entitled. "Technology and Tools", limited to areas of energy and AGRICUI ‘li‘URl; Hood and water). Following a lengthy tli‘sciisr Largest Canadian WI delegation The largest Canadian Wl delega- tion to meet anywhere outside Canada met prior to the Triennial conference of A.C.W.W. in Killarncy Ireland. Martha Biclish. Viceâ€" President for the Area of Canada chaired the meeting. She asked us if we still shared the dream we had in Vancouver in 1983. Shc reminded us that once we had lUllL’llL‘tl the ll'dlltl of someone. we L'Ulllll llC\'L'l it'tnaiii indil‘l‘crcnt. We have one woild in share, and we would be reaching tilll to touch the hands of many, Later in the Conference. Madaiiit‘ Yolandc (“alvc was elected President for the Arc-21 til Canada, ('hangcs iii ('iuiii'rim-rl rm [1. 2.? H &C Oct. Nov. Dec. |986 l3