A/RES/63/151
United Nations
Distr.: General
11 February 2009
General Assembly
Sixty-third session
Agenda item 55 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2008
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/63/424)]
63/151. 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 Action, and its resolutions
60/135 of 16 December 2005, 61/142 of 19 December 2006 and 62/130 of
18 December 2007,
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Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General, 3
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Recognizes the successful conclusion of the first review and appraisal of
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the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002,2 and its results at the
international, regional and national levels;
Encourages Governments to pay greater attention to building capacity to
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eradicate poverty among older persons, in particular older women, by
mainstreaming ageing issues into poverty eradication strategies and national
development plans, and to include both ageing-specific policies and
ageing-mainstreaming efforts in their national strategies;
Encourages Member States to strengthen their efforts to develop national
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capacity to address their national implementation priorities identified during the
review and appraisal exercise, and invites Member States that have not done so to
consider a step-by-step approach to developing capacity that includes the setting of
national priorities, the strengthening of institutional mechanisms, research, data
collection and analysis and the training of necessary personnel in the field of ageing;
Also encourages Member States to overcome obstacles to the
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implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action by devising strategies that take into
account the entirety of the human life-course and foster intergenerational solidarity
in order to increase the likelihood of greater success in the years ahead;
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1
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.
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Ibid., annex II.
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A/63/95.
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