United Nations
A/RES/57/164
General Assembly
Distr.: General
16 January 2003
Fifty-seventh session
Agenda item 98
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/57/545)]
57/164. Preparations for and observance of the tenth anniversary
of 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, 50/142 of 21 December 1995, 52/81 of
12 December 1997, 54/124 of 17 December 1999 and 56/113 of 19 December 2001
concerning the proclamation, preparations for and observance of the International
Year of the Family and its tenth anniversary,
Recognizing that the follow-up to the International Year of the Family is an
integral part of the agenda and of the multi-year programme of work of the
Commission for Social Development until 2004,
Noting that the family-related provisions of the outcomes of the United
Nations summits and conferences of the 1990s 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,
Recalling that relevant United Nations instruments on human rights as well as
relevant global plans and programmes of action call for the widest possible
protection and assistance to be accorded to the family, bearing in mind that, in
different cultural, political and social systems, various forms of the family exist,
Emphasizing that equality between women and men and respect for the human
rights of all family members is essential to family well-being and to society at large,
and noting the importance of reconciliation of work and family life,
Aware that families are affected by social and economic changes manifested as
observable worldwide trends and that the causes and consequences of those trends
concerning families have to be identified and analysed,
Recognizing the important role of non-governmental organizations, at both the
local and the national levels, working in the interest of families,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the preparations for the
tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family in 2004,1
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