Follow-Up to the International Year of the Family

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1996.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1996–2000

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/54/124

2000A/RES/54/124Follow-up to the International Year of the FamilyLatestCompare with previous version
1998A/RES/52/81Follow-up to the International Year of the FamilyCompare with previous version
1996A/RES/50/142Follow-up to the International Year of the Family

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7 topics

Family Family Rights Gender Discrimination International Years Rights of the Child Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Treaties

What does this mandate say?

10 operative paragraphs

Invites Governments to continue their action to build family-friendly societies, inter alia, by promoting the rights of individual family members, in particular gender equality and the protection and development of the child;

Urges Governments to ratify or accede to and to ensure implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 5/ so that universal ratification can be achieved by the year 2000 and to take urgent measures to achieve universal ratification of or accession to the Convention on the Rights of the Child 6/ before the end of 1995, and urges those who have not yet done so to become party to the Convention in order to achieve universal implementation by the year 2000;

Welcomes the proposals, contained in the report of the Secretary-General, on the follow-up to the International Year of the Family; 7/

Invites the Commission for Social Development to consider how best to integrate the follow-up to the International Year of the Family into its work programme as laid out in Economic and Social Council resolution 1995/60 of 28 July 1995, taking into account the integrated follow-up of major United Nations conferences, to form part of a holistic approach to development and social progress;

Requests the Secretary-General:

To submit proposals to the Commission for Social Development in order to assist the Commission in its work;

To prepare a comprehensive document containing the family-related provisions from the outcome of the World Summit for Children, 8/ the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, 9/ the World Conference on Human Rights, 10/ the International Conference on Population and Development, 2/ the World Summit for Social Development, 3/ the Fourth World Conference on Women, 4/ and the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), to be submitted to the Commission for Social Development at its thirty-fifth session;

To report to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session, through the Commission for Social Development and the Economic and Social Council, on the progress made on the follow-up to the International Year of the Family, taking into account the promotion of integrated reporting;

To continue the operation of the Voluntary Fund for the International Year of the Family, to be renamed the United Nations Trust Fund on Family Activities, to provide financial assistance for activities specific to the family and projects of direct benefit to it, with special focus on least developed and developing countries, giving particular attention to non-traditional resources;

Calls upon Governments, as well as organizations, individuals and the private sector, to contribute generously to the United Nations Trust Fund on Family Activities.

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