Resolution 1993/23 Resolution E93r023 27 July 1993 43rd plenary meeting International Year of the Family The Economic and Social Council Recommends to the General Assembly the adoption of the following draft resolution: “International Year of the Family “The General Assembly, “Reaffirming its resolutions 44/82 of 8 December 1989, 45/133 of 14 December 1990 and 46/92 of 16 December 1991 concerning the International Year of the Family, as expressions of the determination of the peoples of the United Nations to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, “Recalling that major United Nations instruments on human rights and social policy, as well as relevant global plans and programmes of action, call for the widest possible protection and assistance to be accorded to the family, “Convinced that equality between the sexes, women’s equal participation in employment and shared parental responsibility are essential elements of modern family policy, “Conscious of the existence of various concepts of the family in different social, cultural and political systems, “Aware, at the same time, that families are the fullest reflection, at the grass-roots level, of the strengths and weaknesses of the social and developmental welfare environment, and as such offer a uniquely comprehensive and synthesizing approach to social issues, “Realizing that families, as basic units of social life, are major agents of sustainable development at all levels of society, and that their contribution to that process is crucial for its success, “Stressing that the observance of the International Year of the Family in 1994 will immediately precede the celebration by the family of nations of the historic fiftieth anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations, “Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the state of preparations for the International Year of the Family, “1. ... Continua