A/RES/74/124
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
22 January 2020
Seventy-fourth session
Agenda item 25 (b)
Social development: social development, including
questions relating to the world social situation and to
youth, ageing, persons with disabilities and the family
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 18 December 2019
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/74/391)]
74/124.
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, 71/163 of 19 December 2016, 72/145 of 19 December 2017 and 73/144 of
17 December 2018 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 I nternational Year for increasing
cooperation on family issues at all levels and for undertaking concerted action to
strengthen family-oriented policies and programmes as part of an integrated
comprehensive approach to development,
Recognizing also that the objectives of the International Year and its follow-up
processes, especially those relating to family-oriented 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, including early childhood development and education, enabling access to
employment opportunities and decent work for parents and caregivers, achieving
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