International Day of Families
May 15 is the International Day of Families, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 with resolution A/RES/47/237. The day reflects the importance the international community attaches to families. The first such day was observed on May 15, 1994.[1][2]
Mottos
Every year, the UN secretary-general makes to the particular applicable motto attention. This was from 1996:[3]
- 2015 - "Men in charge? Gender equality and children's rights in contemporary families"
- 2014 - "Families Matter for the Achievement of Development Goals; International Year of the Family + 20"
- 2013 - "Advancing Social Integration and Intergenerational Solidarity"
- 2012 - "Ensuring work family balance"
- 2011 - "Confronting Family Poverty and Social Exclusion"
- 2010 - "The impact of migration on families around the world"
- 2009 - "Mothers and Families: Challenges in a Changing World"
- 2008 - "Fathers and Families: Responsibilities and Challenges"
- 2007 - "Families and Persons with Disabilities"
- 2006 - "Changing Families: Challenges and Opportunities"
- 2005 - "HIV/AIDS and Family Well-being"
- 2004 - "The Tenth Anniversary of the International Year of the Family: A Framework spacerspacerfor Action"
- 2003 - "Preparations for the observance of the Tenth Anniversary of the International spacerYear spacerof the Family in 2004"
- 2002 - "Families and Ageing: Opportunities and Challenges"
- 2001 - "Families and Volunteers: Building Social Cohesion "
- 2000 - "Families: Agents and Beneficiaries of Development"
- 1999 - "Families for all ages"
- 1998 - "Families: Educators and Providers of Human Rights"
- 1997 - "Building Families Based on Partnership"
- 1996 - "Families: First Victims of Poverty and Homelessness"
Notes
- ↑ Edmund Jan Osmańczyk, Anthony Mango (2003), Encyclopedia of the United Nations and international agreements, p. 699
- ↑ UN: International Day of Families
- ↑ http://social.un.org/index/Family/InternationalObservances/InternationalDayofFamilies.aspx
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