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

A/RES/45/106No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 99Question of ageing, published in 1990.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1988–1991
  • 1991A/RES/45/106Implementation of the International Plan of Action on Aging and related activitiesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1990A/RES/44/67Implementation of the International Plan of Action on Aging and related activitiesCompare with previous version
  • 1989A/RES/43/93Implementation of the International Plan of Action on Aging and related activitiesCompare with previous version
  • 1988A/RES/42/51Implementation of the International Plan of Action on Aging and related activities

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

iExtracted automatically from each entity’s budget submission.

What subjects does this mandate have?

30 topics
AfricaAgeing PersonsAnniversariesArgentinaBudget ContributionsCaribbean RegionCentral AmericaCommunity ParticipationConferencesConsultationsCooperation Between OrganizationsCoordination Within UN SystemCurriculum DevelopmentFinancingFoundationsFundraisingInformation DisseminationInformation NetworksInter-Agency CooperationInternational Days

What does this mandate say?

20 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the question of aging;
2
Endorses the action programme on aging for 1992 and beyond as outlined in the report of the Secretary-General;
3
Urges Member States, the organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations concerned to participate in the action programme on aging for 1992 and beyond, especially in selecting targets in the field of aging, in organizing community-wide activities and in launching an information and fund-raising campaign to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the International Plan of Action on Aging at the local, national, regional and global levels;
4
Endorses the recommendation of the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 1989/50 that an ad hoc working group of the Commission for Social Development be convened at the Commission’s thirty-second session, in 1991, to monitor the activities for the tenth anniversary, especially the launching of a global information campaign, and the selection of targets that might form the basis of the third review and appraisal of the Plan of Action to be made by the Commission at its thirty-third session, in 1993;
5
Invites Member States, the United Nations and non-governmental organizations to consider innovative and effective ways of co-operating on the selection of targets in the field of aging during 1991 and 1992;
6
Recommends that the Commission for Social Development give consideration to the desirability of convening, subject to the availability of funds, regional and sectoral meetings on the selection of targets in the field of aging during 1991 and 1992 and global consultations in 1993 and 1997, to coincide with the third and fourth quadrennial reviews and appraisals of the implementation of the Plan of Action;
7
Notes with appreciation the work of the recent ad hoc inter-agency meetings on aging and recommends that inter-agency meetings on aging be convened biennially;
8
Welcomes with appreciation the rapid progress made by the International Institute on Aging, in Malta, in establishing, in close collaboration and co-operation with the United Nations system, as well as with governmental and non-governmental institutions and organizations, programmes that promote in a practical manner the implementation of the Plan of Action, particularly through curriculum development, training courses, a global survey on training and the establishment of an information network, and requests the Secretary-General, in reporting on the question of aging to the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session, to inform the Assembly of the activities of the Institute;
9
Takes note with satisfaction of the plans for the establishment of training institutes on aging in Argentina and Yugoslavia and in Central America and the Caribbean;
10
Requests the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat to provide, within existing resources, technical assistance to the African Society of Gerontology;
11
Welcomes global fund-raising initiatives for activities in the field of aging, particularly the proposed establishment in 1991 of an independent foundation on aging under the patronage of the United Nations, to be called the Banyan Foundation, the main goal of which will be to empower the elderly in all world regions to maintain maximum independence and the ability to contribute to society in the context of the Plan of Action, thus serving as a much-needed international fundraising vehicle for programmes for the aging worldwide;
12
Requests the Commission on the Status of Women to consider under the priority theme “development” the positive contributions and specific roles of elderly women in the development of their societies;
13
Notes with appreciation the support given by the United Nations Population Fund to the Aging Unit of the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs, and urges the Fund to maintain this commitment;
14
Notes with satisfaction the close collaboration of the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs, as the United Nations focal point on aging, with intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations active in the field of aging, and encourages the Centre to continue to strengthen this collaboration;
15
Designates 1 October as International Day for the Elderly;
16
Urges Governments and non-governmental organizations to contribute to the Trust Fund for Aging;
17
Also urges Governments and non-governmental organizations to contribute human and financial resources through the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs for the co-ordination and implementation of the action programme on aging for 1992 and beyond;
18
Urges the Secretary-General to consider increasing the human and financial resources of the Aging Unit of the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs in order to enable it to fulfil its mandate as the United Nations focal point on aging;
19
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution;
20
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-sixth session the item entitled “Question of aging”.

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