Follow-Up to the International Year of Older Persons :#a Society for All Ages

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 106 Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family, published in 2000.

What subjects does this mandate have?

14 subjects

Age Discrimination Ageing Persons Conferences Data Collection Databases Demographic Ageing Demographic Statistics Guidelines Internet Population Policy Programme Evaluation Programmes of Action Social Policy Women

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

Notes with satisfaction the successful celebration of the International Year of Older Persons, with the theme “A society for all ages”, and resolves to maintain the momentum created by the Year;

Emphasizes the need to address the developmental aspects of ageing with particular attention to the situation of developing countries;

Stresses the importance of the collection of data and population statistics disaggregated by sex and by age on all aspects of population ageing for policy formulation by all countries, and encourages the relevant entities of the United Nations to support national efforts, especially of developing countries, in capacity-building, and, in this context, takes note of the establishment by the United Nations of an Internet- accessible database on ageing, and invites States to submit, whenever possible, information for inclusion in the database;

Encourages the press and the media to play a central role in the creation of awareness of population ageing and related issues, in the elimination of stereotypes and discrimination of older persons in the media and in the promotion of solidarity among generations;

Urges the development of policies and programmes at the national, regional and international levels which respond to the rights, needs and abilities of older women;

Also urges Governments to take appropriate action to combat discrimination based on age;

Requests the Economic and Social Council and all its appropriate subsidiary bodies, in particular the Commission for Social Development, as well as the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and the legislative and policy-making bodies of the concerned specialized agencies and intergovernmental organizations, to give careful consideration to the issue of ageing;

Encourages States Parties to include in their reports to the Committee on Human Rights, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights information on older persons;

Welcomes activities in the field of ageing by United Nations funds and programmes, in particular the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Population Fund, as well as specialized agencies, including the World Health Organization, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the International Labour Organization and the Bretton Woods institutions, and encourages them to continue to support activities in the field of ageing;

Stresses the importance of national follow-up activities to the International Year of Older Persons through involving older persons and consulting them on their needs;

Encourages regional initiatives to follow up on the International Year of Older Persons and to provide inputs into the process of revision of the International Plan of Action on Ageing, given the fact that different regions and countries are at different stages of population ageing and need to identify specific policy responses in order to achieve the goal of “A society for all ages”;

Takes note with appreciation of the offer by the Government of Germany to host a regional ministerial conference on ageing under the aegis of the Economic Commission for Europe in 2002;

Notes that there is a need for guidelines and recommendations reflecting the current situation of societies and older persons in order to design and support adequate age-related policies;

Decides to entrust the Commission for Social Development with the revision of the International Plan of Action on Ageing and the elaboration of a long-term strategy on ageing, based on new developments since 1982 and on the experience of the International Year of Older Persons in 1999, with a view to the adoption of a revised plan of action and of a long-term strategy on ageing in 2002;

Requests the Secretary-General to consult Governments, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations in the preparation of a draft revised plan of action, including proposals on a review mechanism, to be submitted to the Commission for Social Development in 2001;

Endorses the request of the Commission for Social Development in its resolution 37/2, to the Secretariat, to incorporate, as feasible, the experiences, policies and best practices reported by States into a long-term strategy on ageing, encompassing periodic reviews, for the consideration of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session in 2001;

Requests the Commission for Social Development, at its thirty-eighth session, to adopt a recommendation on the desirability and feasibility of convening a second World Assembly on Ageing in 2002, devoted to reviewing the outcome of the First World Assembly as well as to considering a long-term strategy on ageing in the context of a society for all ages, and to report on this issue to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session through the Economic and Social Council;

Takes note with appreciation of the offer by the Government of Spain to host a second World Assembly on Ageing in 2002;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution under an item entitled “Follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons”.

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