Follow-Up to the 20th Anniversary of the International Year of the Family and Beyond

A/RES/71/163View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 26a Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family, published in 2017.

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?

4 subjects

Family Family Welfare International Years Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General;¹

¹A/70/61-E/2015/3 and A/71/61-E/2016/7.

Encourages Governments to continue to make every possible effort to realize the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes and to develop strategies and programmes aimed at strengthening national capacities to address national priorities relating to family issues;

Invites Member States to invest in a variety of family-oriented policies and programmes, as important tools for, inter alia, fighting poverty, social exclusion and inequality, promoting work-family balance and gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls and advancing social integration and intergenerational solidarity, to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;²

²Resolution 70/1.

Encourages Governments to support the United Nations Trust Fund on Family Activities;

Encourages greater collaboration between the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat and the United Nations funds and programmes, as well as other relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations active in the family field, as well as the enhancement of research efforts and awareness-raising activities relating to the objectives of the International Year and its follow-up processes;

Calls upon Member States and agencies and bodies of the United Nations system, in consultation with civil society and other relevant stakeholders, to continue providing information on their activities, including on good practices, in support of the objectives of the International Year and its follow-up processes, to be included in the report of the Secretary-General;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session, on an exceptional basis, and a report to the Assembly at its seventy-third session, through the Commission for Social Development and the Economic and Social Council, on the implementation of the objectives of the International Year and its follow-up processes by Member States and by agencies and bodies of the United Nations system;

Decides to consider the topic “Implementation of the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes” at its seventy-second session under the sub-item entitled “Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family” of the item entitled “Social development”.

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