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International Day of the Family国际家庭日编者注：家庭是社会的“基本细胞”。1989年12月8日，第44届联合国大会通过一项决议，宣布1994年为“国际家庭年”(International Year of the Family)，并确定其主题为“家庭：变化世界中的动力与责任”。此后联合国有关机构又确定以屋顶盖心的图案作为“国际家庭年”的标志，昭示人们用生命和爱心去建立温暖的家庭。国际家庭年的宗旨是提高各国政府、决策者和公众对于家庭问题的认识，促进各政府机构制定、执行和监督家庭政策。 1993年2月，联合国社会发展委员会又作出决定，从1994年起，每年5月15日为“国际家庭日”。设立“国际家庭日”旨在改善家庭的地位和条件，加强在保护和援助家庭方面的国际合作。 May 15 is celebrated as the International Day of the Family. This day highlights (加亮,强调) the importance of families. It aims at fostering (养育,抚育,培养) equality, bringing about a fuller sharing of domestic (国内的,家庭的) responsibilities (职责) and employment opportunities. The programmes undertaken (接手,从事) to commemorate the day, work towards supporting families in the discharge (卸下,放出,解雇,解除) of their functions. They tend to promote the inherent (内在的,固有的) strengths of families, including their great capacity (能力) of self-reliance, and stimulate (刺激,激励,鼓舞) self-sustaining activities. Family constitutes (组成,构成,制定) the basic unit of society. Hence, the widest possible protection and assistance should be accorded to families so that they fully assume (承担) their responsibilities within the community to the provisions (粮食,食品) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (人权宣言), the Declaration on Social Progress and Developments (社会进步与发展宣言) and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against women (消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约任择议定书). Effect of Modernization on Family In the simple and peasant societies, family was the unit of production as well as a primary unit of society. In the industrial society, the family has lost the place of being the unit of production and has been replaced by individual (个人,个体) as the primary unit of society who works as a wage-earner or professional. The roles of family and marriage have undergone (遭受,经历,忍受) significant change in industrial societies. But even today, family occupies a unique place in industrial as well as pre-industrial societies. Families assume diverse forms and functio