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”, 其铭语是“在社会核心建立最小的民主体制”。
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”(International Day for Families) 。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。
International Family Day
5月15日国际家庭日
Lish:The weather is becoming warmer and warmer! Have you taken a picnic with your friends?丽斯:天气越来越暖了,没有和朋友出去郊游吗? Eng : I have planned to, but I am busy with reading the cultural dictionary in recent time.
英格: 我本来打算去了,但是我最近一直在研读文化辞典。
Lish: The book you brought last time?
丽斯:就是你上次带的那本书?
Eng: Yes.
英格:是啊。
Lish: I know Mother's Day occurs on the second Sunday in this month. "Professor Eng", would you tell me the origin of that day?
丽斯:我知道这个月的第二个星期日是母亲节。“英格教授”,可以告诉我母亲节的起源吗?
Eng: (Open the dictionary) I'm glad to. In the United States Mother's Day was first suggested in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe as a day dedicated to peace. Miss. Howe would hold organized Mother's Day meetings in Boston, Mass ever year.