The Doha International Conference for the Family in Celebration of the 2004 International Year of the Family 2004 is the tenth anniversary of the first International Year of the Family. That year prompted serious discussion of controversial proposals to alter family life. Without a strong and vigorous reassertion of the values that have supported every healthy society since the beginning of time, continued rapid social decline is inevitable. 2004 provides us with a vitally needed opportunity to evaluate current trends, make proposals for positive change, and refocus attention on the family's vital role in maintaining healthy societies. The Doha International Conference for the Family The Doha International Conference for the Family follows upon the celebration of the International Year for the Family and will highlight and collect the family-related efforts of governments, academicians, faith-based organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGO's), and members of civil society during a year-long series of events. The Doha International Conference for the Family will encourage- and a broad range of partners will cooperate to organize-family conferences as well as NGO, community, and neighborhood discussions around the globe. These discussions will channel reports, recommendations, and findings from these events to the main international conference in Doha, Qatar. The conference will reaffirm and emphasize the pressing need to strengthen the family in performing its vital social role and will remind the world that the family is the fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection and support. A Global Forum for the Family This Global Forum will consist of a series of global pro-family meetings and discussions: The Doha International Conference for the Family The Doha International Conference for the Family follows upon the celebration of the International Year of the Family and will be a two-day conference in Doha, Qatar on November 29 and 30, 2004, under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al-Misned, Consort of His Highness the Emir of Qatar, and President of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, State of Qatar. The Conference represents an international assemblage bringing together international VIPs, governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), scholars, academicians and civil society leaders who will be invited by the State of Qatar to participate for the purpose to call upon all nations of the world to restate the principles related to family life embodied in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, and to adhere to values and endeavor to promote the role of the family as it is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and state. A Recommitment to Fundamental Rights The Conference will conclude its events be adopting the Doha Declaration which will carry a message to the states of the world emphasizing the importance of restating the family and will call upon governments to be committed to promote the role of family and its protection as a fundamental unit of which society is made. After the conclusion of these events, the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, in cooperation with pro-family NGO's, will prepare a book that compiles the most prominent events and academic findings of the Conference.