United Nations
A/RES/60/133
General Assembly
Distr.: General
31 January 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 62
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 2005
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/60/501)]
60/133. Follow-up to the tenth 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 and 59/147 of 20 December 2004 concerning the
proclamation of the International Year of the Family and the preparations for,
observance of and follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the
Family,
Noting that in paragraph 5 of its resolution 59/111 and paragraph 2 of its
resolution 59/147, respectively, the General Assembly underlined the need to realize
the objectives of the International Year of the Family and to develop concrete
measures and approaches to address national priorities in dealing with family issues,
Noting also that the family-related provisions of the outcomes of the major
United Nations conferences and summits 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,
Cognizant that the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family in
2004 provided an impetus for integrating family concerns into the national
development planning process,
Aware that the basic objective of the follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the
International Year of the Family is to support families in performing their societal
and developmental functions and to build upon their strengths, in particular at the
national and local levels,
Recognizing the need to assist families in their supporting, educating and
nurturing roles in contributing to social integration,
Convinced of the necessity of ensuring an action-oriented follow-up to the
tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family beyond 2004,
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