A/CONF.171/13 English Page 140 Fourth, Nicaragua accepts therapeutic abortion on the grounds of medical necessity under our Constitution. Thus, we express an explicit reservation on "abortion" and "termination of pregnancy" in any part of the Programme of Action of this Conference. 15. The representative of Paraguay stated the following: In accordance with the introduction to chapter II of the Programme of Action, the delegation of Paraguay would like to express the following reservations. On chapter VII, paragraph 7.2, the right to life is the inherent right of every human being from conception to natural death. This is stipulated in article 4 of our national Constitution. Therefore, Paraguay accepts all forms of family planning with full respect for life, as is provided for in our national Constitution, and as an expression of exercising responsible parenthood. The inclusion of the term "interruption of pregnancy" as part of the concept of regulation of fertility in the working definition proposed by the World Health Organization, which was used during the course of this Conference, makes this concept totally unacceptable to our country. We wish to point out that in Paraguay we recognize constitutionally the need to work on the reproductive health of the population as a way of improving the quality of life of the family. On chapter II, principle 9, and chapter V, paragraph 5.1, our national Constitution considers that the family is the basic unit of society and is based on the union of a couple - man and woman - recognizing as well single-parent families. It is only from this perspective that we can include the term "various forms of the family", respecting the various cultures, traditions and religions. We would like to request that this statement of reservations be included in the final report of the Conference. 16. The representative of the Philippines stated the following: The Philippine delegation would like to put on record our regret that in paragraph 10.12 of the Programme of Action the originally proposed wording, recognizing "the right to family reunification" was toned down to just recognizing "the vital importance of family reunification". In the spirit of compromise, we agreed to the revised wording based on the argument forwarded by other delegations that there have been no previous international conventions or declarations proclaiming such a right, and that this is not the appropriate conference to establish this right. For this and other worthy reasons, we wish to reiterate the recommendation made in the Main Committee, supported by many delegations and received positively by the Chairman, that an international conference on migration be convened in the near future. We trust that this recommendation will be part of the record of this Conference and will be formally referred to the /...