Follow-up to the 2nd World Assembly on Ageing : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
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SymbolA/RES/57/167
TitleFollow-up to the 2nd World Assembly on Ageing : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Summary
Endorses the Political Declaration and the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002; calls upon Governments, the UN system and all other actors to take the necessary steps to implement the Madrid Plan of Action; recognizes that progress made in the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action should be contingent upon effective partnership; reaffirms that enhanced international cooperation is an essential complement to national efforts to its implementation; invites international financial institutions and regional development banks to examine and adjust their lending and grants practices so as to ensure that older persons are recognized as a development resource; requests the Secretary-General to consider the necessary measures to improve the institutional capacity of the UN system to fulfill its responsibilities for the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action; also requests the Secretary-General, in the context of the preparation of the programme budget for the biennium 2004-2005, to allocate sufficient human and financial resources to the Programme on Ageing of the Division for Social Policy and Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat; welcomes the initiatives of the regional commissions to review the objectives and recommendations of the Madrid Plan of Action; invites the Commission for Social Development to consider integrating the different dimensions of population ageing as contained in the Plan in its work; welcomes the preparation of a road map for the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action by the Programme on Ageing; urges all Member States and other actors to contribute generously to the UN Trust Fund for Ageing.
Action note2002-12-18
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 77th plenary meeting
DraftA/C.3/57/L.15/Rev.1
Committee reportA/57/546
Meeting record
A/57/PV.77
Agenda information
A/57/251 99 Follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons : 2nd World Assembly on Ageing. AGEING PERSONS--INTERNATIONAL YEARS (1999)
Date[New York] : UN, 16 Jan. 2003
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3 p.