A/RES/72/145
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
17 January 2018
Seventy-second session
Agenda item 27 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 19 December 2017
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/72/431)]
72/145.
Follow-up to the twentieth 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, 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, 69/144 of
18 December 2014 and 71/163 of 19 December 2016 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 that the objectives of the International Year of the Family and
its follow-up processes, especially those relating to family policies in the areas of
poverty, work-family balance and intergenerational issues, with attention given to the
rights and responsibilities of all family members, can contribute to ending poverty,
ending hunger, ensuring a healthy life and promoting well-being for all at all ages,
promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, ensuring better education outcomes
for children, achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls and
eliminating all forms of violence, in particular against women and girls, as part of an
integrated comprehensive approach to development,
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