Welcomes the establishment by the Secretary-General of the Voluntary Trust Fund for the Preparation for and the Observance of the International Year of the Family; invites all States to take prompt action to establish national mechanisms, such as coordinating committees, to prepare for, observe and follow up the Year, in particular for the purpose of planning, stimulating and harmonizing the activities of the governmental and non-governmental agencies and organizations concerned with the preparation for and observance of the Year; invites Governments to contribute, as far as possible, resources, including staff, to the Secretariat of the Year; requests that in the planning and executing of programmes and activities for the year, special attention should be given to socio-economic and cultural conditions in developing countries in the approach to family issues; urges the Secretary-General to provide adequate staff to the Secretariat of the Year and to reflect its strenthening in the proposed programme budget for 1992-1993; requests the Commission for Social Development to keep the Commission on the Status of Women informed of the preparations for the Year.

Adopted without vote, 12th meeting

Adopted at the 12th plenary meeting, 30 May 1991.
In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 1991, New York, 30 January and 5 and 7 February 1991; resumed organizational session for 1991, New York, 25 March 1991; first regular session of 1991, New York, 13-31 May 1991; resumed first regular session of 1991, New York, 17-21 June 1991 - E/1991/91 - p. 17-18 - (ESCOR, 1991, Suppl. no. 1).