A/RES/76/138
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 January 2022
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 28 (b)
Social development: social development, including
questions relating to the world social situation and to
youth, ageing, persons with disabilities and the family
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 16 December 2021
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/76/454, para. 51)]
76/138.
Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 57/167 of 18 December 2002, in which it endorsed the
Political Declaration 1 and the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002, 2
its resolution 58/134 of 22 December 2003, in which it took note, inter alia, of the
road map for the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Ac tion, and its resolutions
60/135 of 16 December 2005, 61/142 of 19 December 2006, 62/130 of 18 December
2007, 63/151 of 18 December 2008, 64/132 of 18 December 2009, 65/182 of
21 December 2010, 66/127 of 19 December 2011, 67/139 and 67/143 of 20 December
2012, 68/134 of 18 December 2013, 69/146 of 18 December 2014, 70/164 of
17 December 2015, 71/164 of 19 December 2016, 72/144 of 19 December 2017,
73/143 of 17 Decembers 2018, 74/125 of 18 December 2019 and 75/152 of
16 December 2020,
Recognizing that there has been a steady upward trend in the participation of
Member States in the third review and appraisal cycle of implementation of the
Madrid Plan of Action, although, in some parts of the world, awareness of the Madrid
Plan of Action remains limited or non-existent, which limits the scope of
implementation efforts,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General, 3
Taking note also of other initiatives that the Secretary-General, United Nations
agencies and United Nations entities have undertaken in order to promote coronavirus
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Report of the Second World Assembly on Ageing, Madrid, 8–12 April 2002 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.02.IV.4), chap. I, resolution 1, annex I.
Ibid., annex II.
A/76/156.
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