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While Global Family Day has appeared in at least one General Assembly Resolution as rightly mentioned, A/54/29, and it would appear A/56/2, these are not stand-alone resolutions that establish an international day that is listed in the official UN Calendar of Observances.

These resolutions deal with the University for Peace and while the resolutions do ask countries to mark the day and do have the force of law, the official list of observances does NOT note this day.

Instead, May 15, International Day of Families, is in the list of observances and was the subject of a resolution dealing with the establishment of the International Year of the Family.

It could be that the original celebration on January 1, 2000, "One Day in Peace" was then changed to Global Family Day and therefore this is the reason that the only place in which I find any mention of Global Family Day is in an Annex to a document that has no reference number.

The situation is a bit perplexing for UN systems analysts such as myself and would appreciate anyone coming forward with an explanation that differs from mine -- one needs some type of stand-alone General Assembly Resolution in order to establish the day officially.

Until then, as the Chinese say -- "Seeing is believing" -- please show me the official UN list of observances (international days, years and decades) where January 1 is proclaimed as any specific day. The first observance is on January 27.


Richardjordan (talk) 22:27, 1 January 2009 (UTC)Richard Jordan[reply]


FALSE OR MISLEADING STATEMENTS: In bold print, this article claims that this holiday is celebrated in the United States. That is not true. This may have been a day highlighted by Congress and known to a few, but the majority of the public has most likely never heard of this day as it is NOT an OFFICIAL HOLIDAY. People from other countries would read this statement and go away with a false representation of life in the United States, where many Americans are recovering from a night of New Year's Eve's parties and stay at home not for a holiday to celebrate family, but because this day is designated as a day off for many to prevent drinking and driving.

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