The following are selected resolutions passed by the bishops at the Lambeth Conference.

On the 50th anniversary of its proclamation in December of 1948, this Conference: resolves that its members urge compliance with the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the nations in which our various member Churches are located, and all others over whom we may exercise any influence; and urges extension of the provisions of the Declaration to refugees, uprooted and displaced persons who may be forced by the circumstances of their lives to live among them. Resolution 1.1 Affirmation and Adoption of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

This Conference, meeting at the dawn of the new millennium, calls upon: all faith communities, especially the Christian Church, to acknowledge our responsibility to mobilize our spiritual, moral and material resources to promote and protect as absolute rights, each person's freedom of thought, conscience and religion; the leaders of all faith communities to encourage their congregations to reach out to people of all faiths among whom they live, move and have their being, in order to proclaim and demonstrate the imperatives of love and reconciliation as a pre-condition for a new world community; and governments of all the nations our Churches represent to strive for creation of just and free conditions for people of all religions to practice their beliefs "either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his (or her) religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance." (UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 18) Resolution 1.2 Religious Freedom and Tolerance

This Conference resolves that each member Church represented make an intentional effort to: discover the ways in which women and children are affected and victimized by the political, economic, educational, cultural or religious systems in which they live; discover the ways in which criminal elements of our societies victimize and exploit women and children; praise the level of public (local, national and international) awareness about such abuses; and work toward eliminating abuses through co-operation with existing groups such as ECPAT (End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism) and the monitoring Resolution 1.3 Justice for Women and Children

agencies of the United Nations and World Council of Churches.

This Conference; mindful of the great changes that have taken place in many nations with a substantial or majority Islamic population, and recognizing the historic contributions of Islamic culture to ideals of justice and religious freedom; views with concern the tendency in some such nations to seek to enforce a legal code which encourages discrimination against, or harassment of, non-Muslim communities; resolves: respectfully to request the governments of nations where such discriminations and harassment are common occurrences to affirm their commitment to religious liberty; and to pledge ourselves to support the civil and religious liberties of Muslims in situations where they are in a minority, and to combat prejudice and ignorance about Islam among Christians and others. Resolution 2.4 Christianity In Islamic Societies

This Conference, recognizing the need in our Communion for fuller agreement on how to interpret and apply the message of the Bible in a world of rapid change and widespread cultural interaction, reaffirms the primary authority of the Scriptures, according to their testimony and supported by our own historic formularies; urges that the Biblical text should be handled respectfully, coherently, and consistently, building upon our best traditions and scholarship believing that the Scriptural revelation must continue to illuminate, challenge and transform cultures, structures, and ways of thinking, especially those that predominate today; invites our provinces, as we open ourselves afresh to a vision of a Church full of the Word and full of the Spirit, to promote at every level biblical study programs which can inform and nourish the life of dioceses, congregations, seminaries, communities, and members of all ages. Resolution 3.1 The Bible

This Conference, committed to maintaining the overall unity of the Anglican Communion, including the unity of each diocese under the jurisdiction of the diocesan bishop, believes such unity is essential to the overall effectiveness of the Church's mission (a) to bring the Gospel of Christ to all people; (b) for the purpose of maintaining this unity, calls upon the provinces of the Communion to uphold the principle of "Open Reception" as it relates to the ordination of women to the priesthood as indicated by the Eames Commission; noting that "reception is a long and spiritual process." (Grindrod Report); (c) in particular calls upon the provinces of the Communion to affirm that those who dissent from, as well as those who assent to, the ordination of women to the priesthood and episcopate are both loyal Anglicans; therefore calls upon the Provinces of the Communion to make such provision, including appropriate episcopal ministry, as will enable them to live in the highest degree of Communion possible, recognizing that there is and should be no compulsion on any bishop in matters concerning ordination or licensing; also affirms that "although some of the means by which communion is expressed may be strained or broken, there is a need for courtesy, tolerance, mutual respect, and prayer for one another, and we confirm that our desire to know or be with one another, remains binding on us as Christians" (Eames, p. 119). Resolution 3.2 The unity of the Anglican Communion