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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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