Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the
International Year of the Family and beyond
A/RES/73/144
members can realize their full potential, as part of an integrate d comprehensive
approach to development,
Acknowledging that the family-related provisions of the outcomes of the major
United Nations conferences and summits 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 the continuing efforts of Governments, the United Nations system,
regional organizations and civil society, including academic institutions, to fulfil the
objectives of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year at the national,
regional and international levels,
Acknowledging that the International Year and its follow-up processes have
served as catalysts for a number of initiatives at the national and international levels,
including many family policies and programmes to reduce poverty and hunger and
promote the well-being of all at all ages, and can boost development efforts,
contribute to better outcomes for children and help to break the intergenerational
transfer of poverty in support of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development, 1
Acknowledging also that strengthening intergenerational relations, through such
measures as promoting intergenerational living arrangements and encouraging
extended family members to live in close proximity to each other, has been found to
promote the autonomy, security and well-being of children and older persons, and that
initiatives to promote involved and positive parenting and to support the role of
grandparents have been found to be beneficial in advancing social integration and
solidarity between generations, as well as in promoting and protecting the human
rights of all family members,
1.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 2
2.
Encourages Governments to continue their efforts to implement the
objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes and to
develop strategies and programmes aimed at strengthening national capacities to
address national priorities relating to family issues and to step up their efforts, in
collaboration with relevant stakeholders, to implement those objectives, in particular
in the areas of fighting poverty and hunger and ensuring the well -being of all at
all ages;
3.
Invites Member States to invest in a variety of inclusive, family-oriented
policies and programmes, which take into account the different needs and
expectations of families, as important tools for, inter alia, fighting poverty, social
exclusion and inequality, promoting work-family balance and gender equality and the
empowerment of all women and girls and advancing social integration and
intergenerational solidarity, to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development; 1
4.
Encourages Member States to continue to enact inclusive and responsive
family-oriented policies for poverty reduction in line with the main objectives of the
twentieth anniversary of the International Year, to confront family poverty and social
exclusion, recognizing the multidimensional aspects of poverty, focusing on inclusive
and quality education and lifelong learning for all, health and well -being for all at all
ages, full and productive employment, decent work, social security, livelihoods and
social cohesion, including through gender- and age-sensitive social protection
systems and measures, such as child allowances for parents and pension benefits for
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