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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/52/81
30 January 1998
Fifty-second session
Agenda item 102
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/52/634)]
52/81.
Follow-up to the International Year of the Family
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 44/82 of 8 December 1989, 46/92 of 16 December 1991, 47/237 of
20 September 1993 and 50/142 of 21 December 1995 concerning the proclamation, preparations for and
observance of the International Year of the Family,
Recognizing that the basic objective of the follow-up to the International Year of the Family should be
to strengthen and support families in performing their societal and developmental functions and to build upon
their strengths, in particular at the national and local levels,
Noting that the family-related provisions of the outcomes of the world conferences of the 1990s provide
policy guidance on ways to strengthen family-centred components of policies and programmes as part of an
integrated comprehensive approach to development,
Emphasizing that equality between women and men and respect for the rights of all family members is
essential to family well-being and to society at large,
1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the International Year of the
Family,1 and welcomes the proposals contained therein;
2. Invites Governments to continue their actions to build family-friendly societies, inter alia, by
promoting the rights of individual family members, in particular gender equality and the rights of the child;
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