Question of Aging

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 96 Question of ageing, published in 1986.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 1983–1987

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/41/96

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1987	A/RES/41/96	Question of aging	717	16%Compare
1986	A/RES/40/29	Question of aging	1,382	13%Compare
1984	A/RES/39/25	Question of aging	1,823	—
1984	A/RES/38/27	Question of aging	—	—
1983	A/RES/37/51	Question of aging	279	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Advisory Services Africa Ageing Persons Budget Contributions Conferences Developing Countries Development Planning Information Exchange Regional Cooperation Technical Cooperation Women

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

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Takes note with apprecwtion of the report of the Secretary-General on the question of aging; ' 1 2.

Calls upon Governments to ensure that the question of aging is incorporated into their nat10nal development plans in accordance with the t·ulture and traditions of 1.heir countries;

Encourages Governments. to consider convening regional and subregional meetings on the applicability of the recommendations of the International Plan of Action on Aging to their particular needs and conditions;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to promote the exchange of information and experience in order to stimulate progress on the question of aging, to encourage the adoption of measures to respond to the economic and social implications of aging and to mt"el the needs of older persons;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that due consideration is given to the question of aging in the work of the steering committee and the working group to folio"' up the implementation of General Assembly resolution 39/228 on the International Conference on Population;

Requests the Secretary-General, in implementing the programme on aging, to pay special attention to the question of elderly women;

Invites the United Nattons Development Fund for Women to give due consideration to pro1ects aimed at benefiting elderly women.

Requests the Secretary-General to respond favourably to the request of the African Regional Conference on Aging for assistance m establishing an African gerontological society;

Urges the Secretary-General to take immediate and urgent steps to promote the United Nations Trust Fund for Aging so that it may effectively continue to provide assistance to developing countries, at their request;

Urges the Secretary-General to include in technical co-operation programmes, to the extent feasible under the funding of those programmes, advisory 'iervices to <level oping countries that request them:

Invites Governments and non-governmental organizations to continue and. where possible, to increase their contributions to the Uniled Nations rrust Fund for Aging, and calls upon Governments and non-govern mental organizations that have not vet done so to consider contributing to the Trns1 Fund;

Invites the United Nations Fund for Population Activities to consider co-operating with the United Nations Trust Fund for Aging in providing assistance for projects received by the Trust Fund that fall within it~ mandate;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly al its forty-first session a progress report on the implementation of the ircommendations contained in the present resolution.

Decides to mcludc m the provis10nal agenda of 11, forty-fir.;t session the item en11tkd .. Question of aging" 40130. Implementation of the International Plan of Action on Agin~

I he c;enera! Assembly.

Recalling its resolution 33/52 of 14 December 1978, by which it decided to organize a World Assembly on Aging m 1982 as a forum to launch an international programme of action aimed at ,guaranteeing economic and social sccunt y to older persons, as well as opportunities for them to , ontribute to national development,

Recalling further its resolution 37 /51 of 3 December ! 982, by which it endorsed the International Plan of \ction on Aging adopted by consensus by the World \ssembly on A.ging, 48

Reaffirming the part of the preamble of the Plan of Action that solemnly recognizes that the quality of life is •10 less important than longevity and that the aging should :herefore, as far as possible, be enabled to enjoy in their 11wn families and communities a life of fulfilment, health, ~ecurity and contentment and be appreciated as an integral part of society,

Well aware that the formulation and implementation of policies on aging are the sovereign right and responsibility of each State. and recognizing that the promotion of the act1vit1es, safety and well-being of the elderly should be an i:ssential part of an integrated and concerted development effort,

t ·oncerned that the report of the Secretary-General on the first review and appraisal of the implementation of the Plan of Action53 shows that, in 1985, 55.4 per cent of the global population of the elderly is living in developing regions and that. according to projections, by the year 2025 more than 70 per cent of all persons sixty years of age and over will live in developing countries, which are least prepared to meet the economic and social consequences of this drastic shift in population structure,

('onvinced that the elderly must be considered an important and necessary element in the development process at ail levels within a given society,

Convinced also that increasing longevity is an achievement of mankind and a sign of progress, and that the aged are an asset and not a liability to society because of the invaluable contribution they can make by virtue of their accumulated wealth of knowledge and experience,

Mindful that 1985 is the first year in which the General Assembly has hact the opportunity to review the progress made in implem,.:nting the Plan of Action, adopted in 1982,

Noting with concern that contributions pledged to the United Nations Trust Fund for Aging decreased to $39 .1 I O in the t"'elve-month period ending in December 1984, despite the repeated appeals of the Secretary-Gen- <"ral to increase contributions,

'Voting also wi1h concern that the expenditures of the l rust Fund are expected to decrease from $450.000 in the h1ennium 1984-1985 to $150,000 in the next biennium,

Alarmed that the proposed programme budget for the h1ennmm 1986-1987 shows a projected cut of 30 per cent m the funds to be allocated from the regular budget to the Aging Unit of the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs,

Deeply preoccupied with the fact that the Aging Unit lacks the structural organization, autonomy, funds and necessary manp0wer 10 Gm)' out t>ffectively its mandate of 1mpkrnen11ng th, Plan .,f .<\<:'tmn Re,.j11nt1 th<' Se,·retai~ < ;i·neral to invite Membe, '-late~ the speci:di?ed agcncir,; and other orga11izat10ns

46 /hid .. sect. VII.B. decision I (XXXlll 47 !hid., decision 2 (XXXII). 48 See Report of the World Assemblv on Aging, Vienna. 26 Julv-f> Aug,w !982 (United Nations publication. Sales No. F.82.1.16), chap. Vi, sect. A 49 Previously known as the llnited Nat1@s Trust Fund for the World Asscmhlv on ,\gmg so &e Report o( the lnterna11, •nal Conference on Popu/atwn. I 984. M,·x1cv Cu,, o,/4 1ugus1 1984 (llnite,< Nations publication. Sales No F 84 Xlll.8 and rnrngenda). chap, L 11 Report of the World CvnJerence lo Revie" and Appra,sc th,· Achu'V<'- mcnrs o(th,, Un11ed Nations Decade,(or Women: Equality. Development and Peace .. V,wuh1. L'-26 Juli- /v~< (!lmtrd Nauons puhlicalion. Sales No, E 8 '.'- I\' 1 1 1 • l.:hap l. sect A

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