Stresses the need for action at the national and international levels to implement the Madrid Plan of Action; stresses that the role of civil society is important in supporting Governments in their implementation and assessment of and follow-up to the Madrid Plan of Action; requests the Economic and Social Council to consider ageing when elaborating its list of cross-sectoral thematic issues; requests the Commission for Social Development to integrate an ageing perspective in its consideration of priority themes; requests the Commission for Social Development and the Commission on the Status of Women to further coordinate and collaborate on the issue of older women; stresses the importance of the collection of data and population statistics disaggregated by age and sex on all aspects of policy formulation by all countries.

Adopted without vote, 77th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 58th sess., Suppl. no. 49.