Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the International Year of the Family and Beyond

A/RES/59/147View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 94a Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family, published in 2005.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2005

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2005	A/60/155	Follow-up to and celebration of the 10th anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/59/147

What subjects does this mandate have?

14 subjects

Advisory Services Anniversaries Conferences Developing Countries Development Family Financial Assistance Information Dissemination Inter-Agency Cooperation International Days International Years Least Developed Countries Regional Commissions Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Notes that the follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family is an integral part of the agenda and the multi-year programme of work of the Commission for Social Development until 2006;

Urges Governments to continue to take sustained action at all levels concerning family issues, including applied studies and research, in order to promote the role of families in development and develop concrete measures and approaches to address national priorities in dealing with family issues;

Urges the international community to address family-related concerns within the framework of the commitments undertaken at relevant major United Nations conferences and their follow-up processes, including those agreed to in the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS adopted by the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth special session on 27 June 2001;³

³Resolution S-26/2, annex.

Encourages more inter-agency cooperation within the United Nations system on issues relating to the family;

Encourages the regional commissions of the United Nations, within existing resources, to promote further the exchange of experiences at the regional level through the provision of technical assistance, including advisory services, to Governments upon request;

Emphasizes that the Secretariat should continue its important role in the programme of work on family issues within the United Nations system, and, in this regard, encourages the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, within existing resources, to continue to cooperate with Governments, the United Nations system and civil society in strengthening national capacities through the implementation of the mandated objectives of the International Year of the Family, including through:

The provision of policy guidance on emerging issues and trends affecting the family through the preparation of studies and research papers aimed, in particular, at enhancing the role of the family in society;

The provision of technical assistance to countries, upon request, to enhance, where appropriate, their national capacities in the area of family-related work;

Invites the Secretary-General, within existing resources, to disseminate a compilation of existing development cooperation activities of the United Nations system in the field of the family for the benefit of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, other relevant United Nations bodies, Member States and observers by the time of the holding of the forty-fourth session of the Commission for Social Development;

Requests the Secretary-General:

To give appropriate consideration to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family by preparing for the observance of the International Day of Families on 15 May 2004 and by taking appropriate steps for the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family;

To continue to utilize the United Nations Trust Fund on Family Activities to provide financial assistance for activities specific to the family and for projects of direct benefit to it, with special focus on least developed and developing countries;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

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