The Alliance will promote:

• Respect for persons with disabilities.

• Protection from stigmatization of and discrimination against those affected with birth defects, as well as those at risk for transmission of birth defects to their children.

• Dissemination of knowledge about prevention to prospective parents.

• Primary prevention, as the most important means.

• Commitment of all countries through public policy to the prevention of birth defects.

• Universal access to preventive, therapeutic and psychosocial services.

• Dedication of a proportion of every health budget to the prevention of birth defects.

• Incorporation of prevention as a routine component of health care systems.

• Involvement of a wide range of health professionals.

• Collaboration of experts for the purposes of expansion of research and surveillance.

• Involvement of lay interested parties, families, volunteers and others in the cause of prevention.

• Education of the professionals and the public.

• International communication and sharing of information.