Resources

Brochures

• International Day of Family Remittances, 16 June (Endorsements in 2019)
• International Day of Family Remittances, 16 June (Endorsements in 2018)
• International Day of Family Remittances, 16 June (Endorsements in 2017)

Documents

• Resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 12 June 2018
• Resolution proclaiming the International Day of Family Remittances adopted by the Governing Council of IFAD at its thirty-eighth session
• UN General Assembly’s Resolution on International Migration and Development A/RES/71/237
• UN Secretary General’s Report on International Migration and Development A/71/296
• IFAD report – Sending Money Home: Contributing to the SDGs, one family at a time
• IFAD report – Remittances, investments and the Sustainable Development Goals
• Minutes of the 113th session of the Executive Board of IFAD
• Decision to submit a proposal to the Governing Council of IFAD for the proclamation of an International Day of Family Remittances

Press Releases

• 14 June 2018 International Day of Family Remittances: Working to build prosperity at home
• 13 June 2018 Sending money home: nine reasons why remittances matter
• 12 June 2018 UN General Assembly unanimously adopts the resolution “International Day of Family Remittances”
• 8 May 2018 Remittances – an engine for development that still needs to move up a gear
• 16 June 2017 International Day of Family Remittances: IFAD President calls for more support of the families of migrants to help them build a more secure future
• 14 June 2017 Migrants send home 51 per cent more money than a decade ago lifting millions out of poverty, says new report

Websites

• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• World Bank
• International Organization for Migration