We're looking forward to working with the World Health Organization to fight this global epidemic, and the place to start is here at home. President Clinton remains unrelenting in his determination to protect children from the deadly addiction of tobacco. We'll fight in the halls of Congress. We'll fight in the courts. And we'll fight in international bodies like the UN, remembering, always, Churchill's admonition to never, never, never give up.
Tobacco is just one public health fight.
The battle is also joined to improve the health prospects of adolescent girls and young women everywhere in the world. To expand worldwide access to immunizations. To eliminate violence in the home. To beat AIDS, TB and other emerging infectious diseases like Hanta Virus - every one an international killer. That's a message we believe in our hearts - and must be carried to homes on every continent.