UN General Assembly
1995

Nations Children’s Fund. Minimal education, illiteracy, labouring in unspeakable conditions, prostitution and life on the streets are the conditions of many children. The mass media with an educational purpose have a powerful role in changing all of this as Solomon Islanders living in communities separated by the sea have learned. Moreover, many of the world’s women continue to face serious economic and social discrimination as the 1995 Human Development Report to the United Nations Development Programme demonstrates. The education of women in Solomon Islands is critical to them, their children, their families and the nation. Without it, sustainable development and the levelling of population growth are unattainable goals. Solomon Islands applauds the steps taken by the United States of America and the Russian Federation to reduce their nuclear arsenals in accordance with Start I, on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms. We look forward to agreement on and implementation of the Treaty on Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (Start II). Solomon Islands and its sister States in the Pacific