Question of Aging

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 85Question of ageing, published in 1987.

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5 versions · 1983–1987

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10 topics

Advisory Services Ageing Persons Budget Contributions Coordination Within UN System Focal Points Information Exchange Programme Evaluation Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Training and Research Institutions

What does this mandate say?

12 operative paragraphs

Urges Governments to intensify their efforts, within the context of their own national priorities, cultures and traditions, to implement the recommendations contained in the International Plan of Action on Aging;

Requests the Secretary-General, in compliance with the recommendations contained in the Plan of Action, to promote and encourage, within available resources or through voluntary contributions, training centres to train required personnel in the field of aging, especially personnel from developing countries, who would in turn train others;

Urges the Secretary-General to renew bis efforts to give priority attention to the provision of advisory services to developing countries that request them, to the extent feasible under the regular funding of the programmes on aging, and to encourage the exchange of information through the expansion of the existing United Nations network;

Again requests the Secretary-General to respond favourably to the request ofthe African Regional Conference on Aging for assistance in establishing an African gerontological society;

Urges the Secretary-General, in compliance with the views of Member States as reflected in bis report, to maintain and strengthen the existing programmes on aging and to strengthen the United Nations system-wide coordination of policies and programmes on aging, with the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs continuing to serve as focal point in the United Nations system for activities relating to aging;

Reaffirms its endorsement of the International Plan of Action on Aging and requests the Secretary-General, within the existing programme, to continue to monitor progress in the implementation of the Plan of Action and in the analysis of global trends on a multi-dimensional basis, and the Commission for Social Development to continue its quadrennial review as provided for in the Plan;

Requests the Secretary-General, as recommended in bis report, to review the world aging situation every six years on the basis of a comprehensive study identifying the major trends and suggesting concrete measures for action;

Urges the Secretary-General to continue and intensify bis efforts to promote the United Nations Trust Fund for Aging within its existing structure so that it may continue to provide assistance to developing countries, at their request, particularly through the funding of catalytic and innovative projects;

Invites Governments and non-governmental organizations to continue and, where possible, to increase their contributions to the Trust Fund, and calls upon Governments and non-governmental organizations that have not yet done so to consider contributing to the Trust Fund;

Calls upon other United Nations funding organizations to support the Trust Fund in providing assistance for projects that fall within their mandate;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-second session a progress report on the implementation of the recommendations contained in the present resolution;

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

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