s toward
deregulation with the need to protect consumers and stressed the
importance of adopting international standards such as the Codex
Alimentarius. 

    The legislators concurred in recognizing the right to health as
an integral part of democracy and a condition for the exercise of
citizenship.  Workers' health was viewed as an essential element for
the achievement of comprehensive development, and a detailed account
was given of the crisis currently affecting the social security
systems a