Implementation of the International Plan of Action on Ageing Integration of Older Persons in Development

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1993.

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18 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the reports of the Secretary-General on the global targets on ageing for the year 2001: a practical strategy 1/ and on the implementation of the International Plan of Action on Ageing; 1/ Adopts the global targets on ageing for the year 2001 J/ as a 2. practical strategy on ageing, and urges Member States to support that strategy and to consult the guide for setting national targets on ageing; ii 3.

Invites the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat, as the lead and coordinating agency for the global targets, to update the target strategies periodically on the basis of achievements and new opportunities and to refine indicators for measuring progress in cooperation with the International Institute on Ageing in Malta and others;

Invites the regional commissions to assist Member States in their regions in setting regional targets on ageing for the year 2001, bearing in mind the global targets and the diverse national needs in their regions;

Invites the specialized agencies and United Nations bodies to examine technical, organizational and financial means of strengthening the inter-agency consultative process, including the biennial meetings on ageing, and to suggest measures for the consideration of the Administrative Committee on Coordination;

Calls upon the Secretary-General to give all possible support, in the form of both regular and extrabudgetary resources, to the Ageing Unit of the Centre, to enable it to fulfil its mandate as lead agency for the action programme on ageing for 1992 and beyond;

Welcomes the support of the United Nations Population Fund, the Government of Sweden and two non-governmental organizations for the research project of the Centreentitled "Developmental Implications of Demographic Change:

Global Population Ageing" and invites continuing support for this project as the basis of a global research component at the Centre;

Invites Member States to second national experts and junior professional officers to the Ageing Unit of the Centre to support selected target strategies;

1/ A/47/339.

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J/ A/47/339, sect. III.

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Requests the Commission for Social Development to convene an ad hoe informal working group at its thirty-third session for the third review and appraisal of the International Plan of Action on Ageing and for proposing measures in support of setting national targets on ageing in the decade ahead;

Invites interested Member States and organizations to support the Centre in establishing and maintaining a data bank on ageing policies and programmes so that the data gathered in the quadrennial reviews can be systematized and made available to Member States and others on a continuing basis;

Acknowledges with appreciation the major contribution of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat to the global information campaign, and requests it to continue its work on ageing during the coming decade;

Also acknowledges with appreciation the initiative, expertise and dedication of the non-governmental community, and invites the Centre to explore the feasibility of establishing a non-governmental advisory committee, funded by voluntary contributions, to assist the Secretariat in promoting the United Nations Principles for Older Persons~/ and in implementing the Plan of Action and the target strategies;

Commends the International Institute on Ageing on its training programme and related activities, and invites national, regional and international organizations to cooperate closely with the Institute;

Urges the United Nations, Member States and non-governmental organizations to support the African Society of Gerontology in developing and implementing a regional programme of activities on ageing;

Invites interested Member States and others to explore the feasibility of establishing a training institute on ageing for Latin America and the Caribbean;

Also invites Member States generously to support the United Nations Trust Fund for Ageing in order to enable it to continue serving as an operational tool of the United Nations programme on ageing;

Invites Member States, corporations and foundations to support the Banyan Fund Association:

A World Fund for Ageing;

Urges the United Nations Development Programme and other development agencies to include a component on ageing in their regular programmes;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution under the item entitled "Social development".

Implementation of the International Plan of Action on Ageing Integration of Older Persons in Development

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