United Nations
A/RES/62/129
General Assembly
Distr.: General
29 January 2008
Sixty-second session
Agenda item 62 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2007
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/62/432)]
62/129. 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, 59/147 of 20 December 2004 and 60/133 of
16 December 2005 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,
Recognizing that the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family
in 2004 constituted an important opportunity to strengthen and enhance the
effectiveness of efforts at all levels to carry out specific programmes within the
framework of the objectives of the Year,
Aware that a major objective of the tenth anniversary of the International Year
of the Family is to strengthen national institutions in formulating, implementing and
monitoring policies in respect of families,
Recognizing the need for additional capacity-building at the national and
regional levels in order to promote and facilitate the implementation of the
mandated objectives of the International Year of the Family, taking into account that
national capacity development in the area of family policymaking continues to be a
major concern for many countries,
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