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

A/RES/71/163No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 26aSocial 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
  • 2025A/RES/80/183Follow-up to the 30th anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyondLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2020A/RES/75/153Follow-up to the 20th anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyondCompare with previous version
  • 2020A/RES/74/124Follow-up to the 20th anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyondCompare with previous version
  • 2019A/RES/73/144Follow-up to the 20th anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyondCompare with previous version
  • 2018A/RES/72/145Follow-up to the 20th anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyondCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
FamilyFamily WelfareInternational YearsSustainable Development

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2017.

  • 2017A/73/61Implementation of the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes report of the Secretary-General
  • 2017A/72/166Implementation of the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

8 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General;
2
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;
3
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;
4
Encourages Governments to support the United Nations Trust Fund on Family Activities;
5
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;
6
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;
7
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;
8
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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