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Pro-family leaders from 63 countries attend World Congress of Families

Pro-family leaders and groups from 63 nations attended World Congress of Families V in Amsterdam last week. Roughly one-third of the over 900 delegates were Dutch. Other nations represented included the United States, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, the U.K., Ireland, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Romania, Poland, Latvia, Moldavia, Slovakia, Russia, Nigeria, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Pakistan, Australia and the Philippines. More than 3,000 people around the world watched the live telecast via the internet, reports The World Congress of Families.

More than 100 plenary session and panel speakers discussed such topics as: the effects of child care, the value of a faith and family approach to counseling, the rights of parents in school and home-schooling, threats to the family from addiction to Internet pornography, the public purposes of marriage, the power of the African family, the impact of declining birth rates, fertility and human dignity, the role of religion in stabilizing families, media and the family, the role of mothers and fathers, human trafficking in women and children, HIV and AIDS, the impact of international law on the family, abortion, euthanasia and other life issues and character education and the family.

There were also special reports on the two prep-cons (preparatory conferences) leading up to WCF V – The Riga Family Forum (May) and The Dialogue of Civilizations in Abuja, Nigeria (June).

WCF V Speakers included Andre Rouvoet (Dutch Minister for Youth and Family), Kevin Andrews (MP, Australia), Marika Bertule (Latvia Family Forum), His Majesty Drolor Bosso Adamtey I (Ghana), Dr. Allan C. Carlson (WCF founder), Bishop W.J. Eijk (Archbishop of Utrecht), Dr. Farooq Hassan (Pakistan Family Forum), Marie Claire Hernandez (The Family Network, Mexico), Rabbi Binyoman Jacobs (Chief Rabbi of the Netherlands), Dr. Richard Land and Paige Patterson (Southern Baptist Convention), Gwen Landolt (REAL Women of Canada), Elder Russell M. Nelson (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), Theresa Okafor (Foundation for African Cultural Heritage), Prof. Rekha Pande (India), Simon Polinder (chairman, Dutch LOC for WCF V), Fr. Jaroslaw Szymczak (Institute for the Family, Warsaw), Francisco Tatad (former majority leader, Philippine Senate), Christine Vollmer (Latin American Alliance for the Family), Anna Zaborska (head of Women’s Rights and Equality Commission, European Parliament) and Prof. Anatoly Antonov (Moscow State Lomonosov University).

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[08/20/2009]

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