A/HRC/RES/29/22
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
22 July 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-ninth session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 3 July 2015
29/22.
Protection of the family: contribution of the family to the
realization of the right to an adequate standard of living for
its members, particularly through its role in poverty
eradication and achieving sustainable development
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Vienna Declaration and
Programme of Action, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the Programme
of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, and recalling
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and other
relevant human rights instruments, including the Declaration on the Right to Development,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 26/11 of 26 June 2014 entitled
“Protection of the family”,
Recalling also General Assembly resolutions 44/82 of 8 December 1989, 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, 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 and
commemoration 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 of the Family provide a unique opportunity to draw further attention
to the objectives of the International Year for increasing cooperation at all levels on family
issues and for undertaking concerted actions to strengthen family-centred policies and
programmes as part of an integrated comprehensive approach to the advancement of human
rights and development,
GE.15-12378(E)
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