United Nations
A/RES/71/163
General Assembly
Distr.: General
20 January 2017
Seventy-first session
Agenda item 26 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2016
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/71/476)]
71/163. Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the
International Year of the Family and beyond
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 44/82 of 8 December 1989, 50/142 of 21 December
1995, 52/81 of 12 December 1997, 54/124 of 17 December 1999, 56/113 of
19 December 2001, 57/164 of 18 December 2002, 58/15 of 3 December 2003,
59/111 of 6 December 2004, 59/147 of 20 December 2004, 60/133 of 16 December
2005, 62/129 of 18 December 2007, 64/133 of 18 December 2009, 66/126 of
19 December 2011, 67/142 of 20 December 2012, 68/136 of 18 December 2013 and
69/144 of 18 December 2014 concerning the proclamation of, preparations for and
observance of the International Year of the Family and its tenth and twentieth
anniversaries,
Recognizing that the preparations for and observance of the twentieth
anniversary of the International Year in 2014 provided a useful opportunity to
continue to raise awareness of the objectives of the International Year for increasing
cooperation on family issues at all levels and for undertaking concerted action to
strengthen family-centred policies and programmes as part of an integrated
comprehensive approach to development,
Recognizing also that the objectives of the International Year of the Family
and its follow-up processes, especially those relating to family policies in the areas
of poverty, work-family balance and intergenerational issues, with attention given to
the rights and responsibilities of all family members, can contribute to ending
poverty, ending hunger, ensuring a healthy life and promoting well-being for all at
all ages, promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, ensuring better education
outcomes for children, achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women
and girls and eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls, as part of
an integrated comprehensive approach to development,
Acknowledging that the family-related provisions of the outcomes of the major
United Nations conferences and summits and their follow-up processes continue to
provide policy guidance on ways to strengthen family-centred components of
policies and programmes as part of an integrated comprehensive approach to
development,
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