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World Family Policy Center News
4/29/02

Volume 1, Issue 5

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The following excerpts are highlights of current events and do not necessarily represent the views of the World Family Policy Center or Brigham Young University

FROM THE WORLD FAMILY POLICY CENTER

"THE CHILD AND THE FAMILY": Special Session of the World Congress of Families, NYC

The Howard Center for Family Religion and Society, The World Family Policy Center, and United Families International are pleased to announce the convening of a Special Session of the World Congress of Families in New York City.  This meeting is being held in conjunction with the United Nations World Summit on Children. It will be a high level, informative event directed towards world policy makers including Heads of State, Ambassadors to the United Nations and their spouses. 

Speakers for the meeting include: Dr. Wade Horn, Mrs. Janet Museveni (First Lady of Uganda),
Patrick Fagan, Ph. D., Maggie Gallagher, Father Frank Gelli, Allan Carlson, Ph.D., Richard Wilkins, Jeremy Rabkin, and Sophia Aguirre, Ph.D.

For more information on the World Congress of Families New York or to register, go to the United Families International website at www.unitedfamilies.org .

IN THE NEWS

U.S. TO HELP U.N. REDEFINE 'FAMILIES' (click to read the full article)

By George Archibald, The Washington Times

     "The Bush administration has joined European delegates to an upcoming U.N. summit on children in moving to recognize families "in various forms," including unmarried cohabiting couples and homosexual partners.

     Customarily, U.N. members are obliged to conform their national laws to the body's declarations, and critics have said that the European-backed changes would make such proposals as homosexual "marriage" and domestic-partner benefits an internationally recognized right."

To contact members of the Bush Administration about this policy, email:

The U.S. Mission to the United Nations:

• usa@un.int

The U.S. State Department

• AskPublicAffairs@state.gov

The House Committee for International Relations :

• HIRC@mail.house.gov
• Mail all 16 Committee Members who have email
• Mail all 7 Majority Party Committee Members who have email.
• Mail all 9 Minority Party Committee Members who have email.

Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights

• Mail all 5 Committee Members who have email
• Mail all 2 Majority Party Committee Members who have email.
• Mail all 3 Minority Party Committee Members who have email.

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations:

• Mail all 8 Committee Members who have email
• Mail all 4 Majority Party Committee Members who have email.
• Mail all 4 Minority Party Committee Members who have email.

Subcommittee on International Operations and Terrorism

• Mail all 5 Committee Members who have email
• Mail all 3 Majority Party Committee Members who have email.
• Mail all 2 Minority Party Committee Members who have email.

AT THE UN

15 MEMBERS ELECTED TO UN'S KEY RIGHTS PANEL; US IS BACK AFTER YEAR'S ABSENCE

29 April – The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) today elected 15 new members to the Geneva-based Commission on Human Rights, including the United States, which will rejoin the UN’s main human rights body after a year’s absence. FULL STORY>>

UPCOMING NEW YORK CONFERENCE

May 8-10 Special Session on Children

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