Implementation of the International Plan of Action on Aging and Related Activities

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 89 Question of Ageing, published in 1988.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1988–1991

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/45/106

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1991	A/RES/45/106	Implementation of the International Plan of Action on Aging and related activities	—	—
1990	A/RES/44/67	Implementation of the International Plan of Action on Aging and related activities	—	—
1989	A/RES/43/93	Implementation of the International Plan of Action on Aging and related activities	1,322	28%Compare
1988	A/RES/42/51	Implementation of the International Plan of Action on Aging and related activities	998	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

17 subjects

Africa Ageing Persons Anniversaries Budget Contributions Conferences Coordination Within UN System Institution Building Medical Societies Medium-Term Plan Non-Governmental Organizations Private Sector Programme Evaluation Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Resources Mobilization Social Research Working Groups

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms once again its endorsement of the International Plan of Action on Aging, and requests the Secretary-General, through the Commission for Social Development, to continue to monitor progress in the implementation of the Plan of Action, particularly through the review and appraisal process requested by the General Assembly in its resolution 37/51;

Invites Member States to participate actively in the second review and appraisal of the implementation of the Plan of Action;

Welcomes the establishment in Malta of the International lnstitute on Aging in pursuance of recommendation 57 of the Plan of Action and of Economic and Social Council resolution 1987/41 of 28 May 1987;

Supports the recommendation made to the Secretary-General by the Commission for Social Development in its resolution 30/1 that, in preparing the medium-term plan for the period 1990-1995, he should give priority to the careful elaboration of practica! strategies to implement the Plan of Action by providing fuller co-ordination of aging activities in the United Nations system and maintaining adequate programme budget allocations;

Takes note with satisfaction of the recommendation made by the Commission for Social Development in its resolution 30/1 that the Secretary-General, in preparing the medium-term plan for the period 1990-1995, should propose a phased implementation of research and policy analysis activities in the field of aging, bearing in mind the work of the specialized agencies;

Requests the Commission for Social Development to convene an informal open-ended ad hoc working group at its thirty-first session in order to consider adequately the report of the Secretary-General on the second review and appraisal of the implementation of the Plan of Action and propose to the Commission at its thirty-first session appropriate measures to advance further the cause of the aging;

Considers that the tenth anniversary of the 1982 World Assembly on Aging should be marked by appropriate follow-up activities in order to maintain awareness on a global level of issues affecting the aging;

Calls upan those Governments which have not already done so to establish and strengthen national mechanisms in order to promote policies and programmes in the field of aging;

Once again requests the Secretary-General to respond favourably to the request of the African Regional Conference on Aging, held at Dakar in December 1984, for assistance in establishing an African gerontological society;

Requests the Secretary-General to strengthen the existing programmes on aging, as well as the United Nations system-wide co-ordination in this field, with the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat serving as the focal point in the United Nations system for activities in the field of aging;

Strongly appeals to Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to contribute generously to the United Nations Trust Fund for Aging;

Calls upon the specialized agencies, regional commissions and other funding organizations concerned to continue to support activities relating to the question of aging, in particular by providing assistance for projects that fall within their mandate;

Welcomes initiatives by non-governmental organizations that encourage the private sector to support the work of the United Nations system in the field of aging by mobilizing resources for implementing the Plan of Action, and in this respect takes note of a proposal for the creation of a world foundation on aging;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-third session the item entitled "Question of aging".

General Assembly-Forty-second Sesslon

18 (United Nations publication,

Sales No. E.82.1.16), chap. VI, sect. A. 16 See E/CN.5/1987/2.

Supp/ement No. 7 (E/1987/20), chap. I, sect. D. 17 A/42/57-E/1987/8.

20 A/42/567.

21 See E/CONF.80/10. chap III.

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