About the Conference

The Doha International Conference for the Family followed upon the celebration of the International Year for the Family and highlighted and collected 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 conference reaffirmed and emphasized the pressing need to strengthen the family in performing its vital social role and reminded the world that the family is the fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection and support.
This Global Forum consisted of a series of global pro-family meetings and discussions: The Doha International Conference for the Family was a two-day conference in Doha, Qatar on November 29 and 30, 2004, under the patronage of Her Highness ah 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 were 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.
The Conference concluded its events by adopting the Doha Declaration which carries a message to the states of the world emphasizing the importance of restating the family and calls upon governments to be committed to promote the role of family and its protection as a fundamental unit of which society is made. The Supreme Council for Family Affairs, in cooperation with pro-family NGO's, is preparing a book that compiles the most prominent events and academic findings of the Conference.