United Nations
A/RES/68/136
General Assembly
Distr.: General
24 January 2014
Sixty-eighth session
Agenda item 27 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2013
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/68/448)]
68/136. Preparations for and observance of the twentieth
anniversary of the International Year of the Family
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 and 67/142 of 20 December 2012 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 provide a useful 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 development,
Noting 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,
Noting also the importance of designing, implementing and monitoring familyoriented policies, especially in the areas of poverty eradication, full employment
and decent work, work-family balance, social integration and intergenerational
solidarity,
Recognizing that the family has the primary responsibility for the nurturing
and protection of children and that children, for the full and harmonious
development of their personality, should grow up in a family environment and in an
atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding,
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