A/RES/58/15
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
15 December 2003
Fifty-eighth session
Agenda item 106
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 3 December 2003
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/58/497 (Part I))]
58/15.
Preparations for and observance of the tenth anniversary
of the International Year of the Family in 2004
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 44/82 of 8 December 1989, 45/133 of 14 December 1990,
46/92 of 16 December 1991, 47/237 of 20 September 1993, 50/142 of 21 December
1995, 52/81 of 12 December 1997, 54/124 of 17 December 1999, 56/113 of
19 December 2001 and 57/164 of 18 December 2002 concerning the proclamation of,
preparations for and observance of the International Year of the Family in 1994 and its
tenth anniversary in 2004,
Recognizing that the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family
constitutes an important opportunity to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of
efforts at all levels to carry out specific programmes within the framework of the
objectives of the Year,
Recognizing also that 2004 is to be viewed as a target year by which time concrete
achievements will have been produced with respect to identifying and elaborating issues
of direct concern to families and mechanisms will have been set up to plan and
coordinate activities by the appropriate governmental and non-governmental bodies and
agencies,
Emphasizing that equality between women and men and respect for all human
rights and fundamental freedoms of all family members are essential to family wellbeing and to society at large, noting the importance of reconciliation of work and family
life, and recognizing the principle that both parents have common responsibilities for the
upbringing and development of the child,
Noting with satisfaction the close collaboration of the Department of Economic
and Social Affairs of the Secretariat with intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations active in the family field, as well as its research efforts and preparations
for the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family,
Appreciating the active role of the regional commissions in the preparatory
process of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family, particularly in
facilitating regional cooperation in that regard,
Recalling that one plenary meeting at its fifty-ninth session, in 2004, will be
devoted to the observance of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the
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