Follow-Up to the 10th Anniversary of the International Year of the Family and Beyond

A/RES/60/133View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 62 Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation, and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family, published in 2006.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 2006–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/183

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/183	Follow-up to the 30th anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond	3,408	47%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/153	Follow-up to the 20th anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond	1,770	99%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/124	Follow-up to the 20th anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond	1,771	81%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/144	Follow-up to the 20th anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond	1,460	80%Compare
2018	A/RES/72/145	Follow-up to the 20th anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond	1,240	58%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

9 reports · 2007–2021

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2021	A/77/61 E/2022/4	Implementation of the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/153
2020	A/76/61 E/2021/4	Implementation of the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/124
2019	A/75/61	Implementation of the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/73/144
2018	A/74/61	Implementation of the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/72/145
2017	A/73/61	Implementation of the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/71/163

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 subjects

Anniversaries Conferences Coordination Within UN System Development Strategies Family Family Rights Focal Points International Cooperation International Years Programme Implementation Social Policy Social Research Social Services

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Encourages Governments to continue to make every possible effort to realize the objectives of the International Year of the Family and to integrate a family perspective into policymaking;

Invites Governments to maintain the national coordination mechanisms established or revitalized during the observance of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family to coordinate policies, programmes and strategies in order to bring about positive transformations by integrating family issues into national development planning;

Recommends that Governments, in cooperation with concerned academic and research centres as well as relevant non-governmental organizations, encourage action-oriented research that addresses public policies with a family perspective and contributes to the development of strategies, policies and programmes aimed at strengthening the economic and sustainable livelihood of families, and encourages the United Nations programme on the family to support and conduct action-oriented research, including through the issuance of research and publications on relevant topics, with the aim of supplementing the research activities of Governments;

Encourages Governments to support the United Nations Trust Fund on Family Activities to enable the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat to provide expanded assistance to countries, upon their request;

Urges States, the specialized agencies and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to address family-related concerns within the framework of the commitments undertaken at relevant major United Nations conferences and in their follow-up processes;

Urges Member States to create a conducive environment to strengthen and support all families, recognizing that equality between women and men and respect for all the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all family members are essential to family well-being and to society at large, noting the importance of the reconciliation of work and family life, and recognizing the principle that both parents have common responsibilities for the upbringing and development of the child;

Encourages continued and increased inter-agency cooperation within the United Nations system on family-related issues, and encourages the programmes, funds and specialized agencies of the United Nations system to identify focal points on family matters within their offices to support the integration of family issues in their work;

Calls upon the Secretariat to continue its important role on family issues within the United Nations system, and in this regard encourages the Department of Economic and Social Affairs to continue cooperation 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;

Invites Member States to undertake a review of the role and functions of existing national machineries for the family in order to better integrate family issues into national development programmes;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session;

Decides to consider the topic “Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family” at its sixty-second session under the item entitled “Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family”.

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