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HISTORY OF THE PROJECT
The General Assembly, in its resolution 44/82 of 8 December 1989, proclaimed 1994 as The International
Year of the Family. Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 56/113 of 19 December 2001, it was decided
to observe the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family in 2004.
The Programme on the Family within the Department of Economics and Social Affairs (DESA) of
the United Nations has convened a series of consultative meetings with international and regional
non-governmental organisations since 1999. At the 4th consultative meeting in 2002 “it was agreed
to prepare a study, under the chairmanship of the Vienna NGO Committee on the Family, on the positive
contributions of civil society to the well-being of families since 1994. The study will be submitted
to the General Assembly in 2004, at its fifty-ninth session”. (cf. Report of the Secretary-General of
the United Nations to the General Assembly - A/57/139, 2002)
“In addition the Vienna NGO Committee on the Family and the Department of Economic and Social
Affairs of the United Nations (DESA) have agreed to set up an Interactive-Internet-Forum with
the support of international NGOs in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council
of the United Nations (ECOSOC) to prepare a report on (a) past and present projects carried out
for families since 1994 by each international NGO: and (b) plans of each international NGO to
celebrate the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family in 2004. Each NGO willing
to join will receive a user identity code thereby enabling it to set up its own section of the
web site using a uniform format, applicable to all network members. Categories will be formed
according to the substantive issues addressed by the international NGOs, such as education,
health promotion, and HIV/Aids. Search engines will seek out organisations clustered in these
categories. Each participating organisation can make use of an interactive online conference
and discussion board. Information specific to each of the participating organisations, can be
updated by each organisation itself. This Interactive Internet Forum will provide a focused
channel of communication once created, and encourage civil society organisations to establish
partnerships with Governments and international organisations.”
(cf. Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to the 41st session of the Commission
for Social Development www.un.org/esa/socdev/csd/2003.htm).
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