United Nations
A/RES/69/144
General Assembly
Distr.: General
28 January 2015
Sixty-ninth session
Agenda item 26 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2014
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/69/480)]
69/144. Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the International
Year of the Family
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 and 68/136 of 18 December 2013
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 the efforts made by Governments, the United Nations system
and civil society to fulfil the objectives guiding the preparations for the twentieth
anniversary of the International Year at the national, regional and international
levels,
Recalling that 2014 marks the twentieth anniversary of the International Year
of the Family, as observed during the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly,
1.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;1
2.
Welcomes the holding of a plenary meeting during the sixty-ninth session
of the General Assembly, in December 2014, on the observance of the twentieth
anniversary of the International Year of the Family, in order to discuss the role of
family-oriented policies in the elaboration of the post-2015 development agenda;
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