Idea of the conference

The aim of this Conference is to reaffirm and promote the concept of the Geneva Consensus Declaration in the Intermarium Region.

Primarily, we would like to reaffirm the states’ commitment to the cause supported by the Geneva Consensus Declaration, as well as declare our support for their civil societies. So far two countries from the Intermarium Region – Poland and Hungary – have signed the declaration. Another two signatories – Georgia and Belarus, although do not belong to this territory geographically, remain in very close political, social, and economic ties to this region. During our Conference we’ll be glad to reaffirm the commitment of these countries to the GCD and its ideas, such as upholding the right to the highest attainable standards of women’s health, promoting women’s essential contribution to health, strengthening of the family and of a successful and flourishing society, and expressing the essential priority of protecting the right to life.

What we all can observe nowadays is the fact that ideas of the Geneva Consensus Declaration remain important not only for its signatories, but also for other countries of the Intermarium Region and its citizens. For this reason, we wish to extensively promote a declaration among all these states and encourage them to participate in the initiative of protecting our common values. At the date of signing the GCD Zbigniew Rau, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, declared that “we support this important initiative because we believe that the family is of fundamental importance to every strong society and that every woman deserves to lead a healthy life (…).” In addition, other international legal instruments such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International

Covenant on Civil and Political Rights indicate a significant role of the family as a basic unit of society.