13. At the 6th meeting, on 20 March, the Commission approved the list of non-governmental organizations recommended for accreditation to the Conference (for the text of the decision, see chap. I, sect. C, Commission decision 39/2). 14. At the same meeting, the observer of the Holy See requested that the following statement be reflected in the report: "My Delegation would like to express its appreciation to the Secretariat for the work which has been carried out in preparing the documentation in E/CN.6/1995/L.4 with Add.1, Add.2 and Add.3. These documents concern the "List of non-governmental organizations recommended for accreditation" to the Fourth World Conference on Women presently before this session of the Commission on the Status of Women. "The Delegation of the Holy See wishes to draw attention to the listing in: E/CN.6/1995/L.4/Add.1, number 59 (Catholics for a Free Choice - United States of America); E/CN.6/1995/L.4/Add.2, number 62 (Catolicas por el Derecho a Decidir (Oficina Central de la Red Latinoamericana) - Uruguay) and number 63 (Catolicas por el Derecho a Decidir A.C. - Mexico); E/CN.6/1995/L.4/Add.3, number 69 (Catolicas Pelo Direito de Decidir - Brazil). "The name of the non-governmental organization in question is ’Catholics for a Free Choice’. It is the position of my Delegation that the organizational listings in question are misleading by the use of their title. "The organization in question uses the word ’Catholic’ in its title and yet publicly maintains positions contrary to those held by the Catholic Church, particularly on the issue of the right to abortion. Any group claiming to speak for Catholics, while at the same time assuming and promoting positions totally contrary to the Catholic Church’s moral teaching, cannot be recognized as Catholic. "In the case of the entry number 59 in E/CN.6/1995/L.4/Add.1, the organization in question has listed its affiliation as being in the United States of America. However, the highest civil and canonical Catholic body of that country, the United States Catholic Conference and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops respectively, has issued a public statement noting that ’Catholics for a Free Choice’ is not an authentic Catholic organization, and has no affiliation, formal or otherwise, with the Catholic Church and merits no recognition as a Catholic organization. "My Delegation again states that it does not approve the inclusion of these non-governmental organizations for accreditation." H. Consultations with non-governmental organizations 15. A written statement submitted by a non-governmental organization in accordance with rule 76 of the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council (E/5975/Rev.1) is included in the list of documents before the Commission (see annex IV). -72-