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Asia Women's Covenant
To all persons to whom these presents may come, greetings.
Be it known that We the Women of Asia In conference assembled In this our first meeting hereby form ourselves into a united group that we may more effectively strive for understanding and cooperation among the women in our part of the world and among our peoples in general: enhance the role of Asian women in the economic, cultural and spiritual development of our region and increase their participation in world affairs; make possible the access of all Asian women in educational and cultural activities, promote human welfare; and defend human rights and spread human happiness in Asia and the world at large. In witness hereof, we the charter members do affix our signatures to this document on this, the nineteenth day of June, nineteen hundred and fifty nine, in the city of Manila, Philippines.
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