UN aims and objectives
The UN's basic objective of the
follow-up to the International Year of the Family is to
strengthen support to families in performing their societal
and developmental functions and to build upon their
strengths, in particular at the national and local levels.
The UN aims that the tenth anniversary of the
International Year of the Family constitutes an important
opportunity to give a new impetus to this area.
The UN's objectives of the tenth anniversary of
the Year are to:
Increase
awareness of family issues among Governments as
well as in the private sector;
Strengthen the
capacity of national institutions to formulate,
implement and monitor policies in respect of
families;
Stimulate
efforts to respond to problems affecting, and
affected by, the situation of families;
Undertake at
all levels reviews and assessments of the situation
and needs of families, identifying specific issues
and problems;
Enhance the
effectiveness of local, national and regional
efforts to carry out specific programmes concerning
families, generate new activities and strengthen
existing ones;
Improve
collaboration among national and international
non-governmental organisations in support of
families.
The UN Family Programme will stimulate and
coordinate activities for the preparation for and
observance of the anniversary.
To that end, activities will be
undertaken on the following five main substantive
themes:
Approaches to family policy
development;
Technology and its impact on
the family;
Parental roles and
intra-familial support systems;
Statistics and indicators
for family well-being;
HIV / AIDS and its impact on
families.
A broad campaign to promote the
observance of the anniversary at all levels will be
undertaken.
This will include activities such as the
promotion of the annual observance of the
International Day of Families on May
15.