2001 World Family Policy Center Forum

The third annual World Family Policy forum sponsored by BYU brought representatives of all ethnicities, beliefs and ages to Provo. More than sixty United Nations delegates, ambassadors, and religious leaders from around the world attended this year's forum.The theme of the three day conference was "Making the World Safe for Children."

2001 Forum (entire document, 103 pages)

The Impact of UN Conference Declarations on International and Domestic Law Richard G. Wilkins, professor of law, J. Reuben Clark School of Law, BYU, managing director, World Family Policy Center
Philosophic “Good” in the Context of Families and Children: What is Good for Children? A. Scott Loveless, JD, PhD; executive director, World Family Policy Center
What Children Really Need: Another Way to Look at Children’s Rights Allan Carlson, the Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society
Condemnation of Divorce: Survival of Marriage Farooq Hassan, barrister at law, international legal consultant
From the United Nations: Habitat and the World Family Policy Forum Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, executive director of UN–Habitat [Delivered by Mariam Yunusa, senior human settlements advisor in Nairobi, Kenya.]
Families, Children, and Self-Sacrifice Kathleen Slaugh Bahr, associate professor of marriage, family, and human development, BYU, mother
Mainstreaming Families and Children’s Issues in National and International Measures for Economic and Social Development Syed Shahid Husain, senior advisor, Permanent Observer Mission of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to the United Nations, New York
Young Americans’ Neotraditional Views of Marriage Norval D. Glenn, Ashbel Smith professor of sociology and Stiles Professor in American Studies, University of Texas—Austin
Making the World Safer for our Children: the South Asian Context Manjula Rathaur, senior lecturer, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; and Anand Kumar, associate professor of sociology, Jawaharla Nehru University
The Significant Role of the Christian Family in our Society Haroutune Selimian, BTh, MDiv, STM, vice president of the Armenian Evangelical community, Syria
Work and Family Harmony: Toward a New Paradigm Jeff Hill, PhD, associate professor of marriage, family, and human development, BYU
United Nations Policy and the Family: Redefining the Ties that Bind—A Study of History, Forces and Trends Maria Sophia Aguirre, Department of Business and Economics, and Ann Wolfgram, Catholic University of America
False Promises Mark Hartwig, social and world view editor, Public Policy Department, Focus on the Family
New International Instruments for the Protection of Children Michael Dennis, attorney advisor, human rights and refugees, U.S. Department of State
The Convention on the Rights of the Child and the UN Special Session on Children William L. Saunders, Jr., human rights council and senior fellow, Family Research Council
Reproductive Health Care in the Context of the UN System Jeanne E. Head, RN, UN Representative for the National Right to Live Educational Trust Fund and the International Right to Life Federation (IRLF)
How the Interpretation of the Rights of the Child at the UN is Jeopardizing Parental Guidance and Authority Amina Mesdoua, former counselor, Permanent Mission of Algeria to the United Nations

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