A/CONF.171/13 English Page 145 generations, in which we will have to place our faith and trust in order to face the future without recourse to apocalyptic forecasts but in solidarity, justice and truth. Pursuant to rule 33 of the rules of procedure of the Conference (A/CONF.171/2), the Republic of Guatemala joins in the general agreement on the Programme of Action. Pursuant to rule 38, we submit the following statement of reservations and request that it be included in full in the final report of the Conference. The Government of Guatemala enters an express reservation on the use of terms, stipulations and provisions which are implicitly or explicitly inconsistent with: 1. The American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man 2. The American Convention on Human Rights (Pact of San José) 3. The guidelines adopted at the fifteenth summit meeting of Central American Presidents 4. The Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala 5. Civil, criminal and human rights legislation 6. The Multisectoral Agreement on Population Education issued by the Ministry of Education of Guatemala and the teaching approach used in such education 7. The message to the Conference from the President of the Republic, Ramiro de León Carpio We also enter express reservations on: (a) Chapter II (Principles): we accept this chapter but note that life exists from the moment of conception and that the right to life is the source of all other rights; (b) Chapter V, paragraph 5.1: we accept this provision on the understanding that, although the family may exist in various forms, under no circumstances can its essential nature, which is the union between a man and a woman from which love and life stem, be changed; (c) Chapter VII: we enter a reservation on the whole chapter, for the General Assembly’s mandate to the Conference does not extend to the creation or formulation of rights; this reservation therefore applies to all references in the document to "reproductive rights", "sexual rights", "reproductive health", "fertility regulation", "sexual health", "individuals", "sexual education and services for minors", "abortion in all its forms", "distribution of contraceptives" and "safe motherhood"; /...