The declaration, which had been debated for 20 years, is nonbinding.
Conservation groups welcomed the declaration, which WWF described as strong-worded, and the Environmental Investigation Agency said contained "meaningful actions".
That language is in the declaration, which said: "Women's rights are human rights" (Article 14 of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action).
"Today, we have the commitment," and "our resources are increasing," Secretary General Kofi Annan said at a meeting following up the declaration, which contained deadlines for battling the epidemic.
The declaration, which had been sought by Gov. George E. Pataki, makes farmers in those counties eligible for emergency low-interest loans from the federal Farm Service Agency.
But yesterday, the drug companies played down the significance of the declaration, which is intended to clarify an existing global agreement on patents.
He would say that the 1963 march on Washington came to cash the check issued by the Declaration (which was reissued when Lincoln repeated Jefferson's words).
Ms. Roberts said that Mr. Bakaly tried to edit or modify the declaration, which was drafted by lawyers in the independent counsel's office.
Nevertheless, he was not regarded by his contemporaries as the author of the Declaration, which was seen as a collective effort by the entire Congress.
The declaration, which was accompanied by a rare private dinner between the two prime ministers, was seen in many quarters as an unambiguous signal to China.
But experts say key questions remain about nuclear weapons and proliferation, and global powers still need to verify the claims in the declaration which details the amount of plutonium it had produced.
