Geneva Consensus Declaration

The Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women's Health and Strengthening the Family is an anti-abortion, women's health and development, and family defense international document created in 2020 and signed at that time by about 30 governments. "The declaration’s four main principles are “to secure meaningful health and development gains for women; to protect life at all stages; to defend the family as the fundamental unit of society; and to work together across the UN system to realize these values.” There are 43 signatories as of August 2026. It was initially cosponsored in 2020 by Brazil, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, Uganda, and the United States. Brazil eventually withdrew from the document and Guatemala was added as a cosponsor. Representatives from 34 countries signed the document on October 22, 2020. Burundi and Chad are among the most recent signatories. In 2021, Russia joined the Geneva Consensus. In August 2026, Argentina signed the declaration under President Javier Milei, becoming the first country to join after the United States assumed the secretariat from Hungary in June 2026.