A/RES/59/147 (a) The provision of policy guidance on emerging issues and trends affecting the family through the preparation of studies and research papers aimed, in particular, at enhancing the role of the family in society; (b) The provision of technical assistance to countries, upon request, to enhance, where appropriate, their national capacities in the area of family-related work; Invites the Secretary-General, within existing resources, to disseminate a 7. compilation of existing development cooperation activities of the United Nations system in the field of the family for the benefit of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, other relevant United Nations bodies, Member States and observers by the time of the holding of the forty-fourth session of the Commission for Social Development; 8. Requests the Secretary-General: (a) To give appropriate consideration to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family by preparing for the observance of the International Day of Families on 15 May 2004 and by taking appropriate steps for the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family; (b) To continue to utilize the United Nations Trust Fund on Family Activities to provide financial assistance for activities specific to the family and for projects of direct benefit to it, with special focus on least developed and developing countries; Also requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of 9. the present resolution to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. 74th plenary meeting 20 December 2004 3