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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/50/141
30 January 1996
Fiftieth session
Agenda item 105
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/50/628)]
50/141.
International Year of Older Persons:
towards a society for all ages
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 47/5 of 16 October 1992, the annex to which
contains the Proclamation on Ageing, by which the Assembly decided to observe
the year 1999 as the International Year of Older Persons,
Recalling also Economic and Social Council resolution 1993/22 of
27 July 1993, in which the Council invited Member States to strengthen their
national mechanisms on ageing, inter alia, to enable them to serve as national
focal points for the preparations for and observance of the Year,
Recalling further its resolution 45/106 of 14 December 1990, in which it
recognized the complexity and rapidity of the ageing of the world's population
and the need to have a common basis and frame of reference for the protection
and promotion of the rights of older persons, including the contribution that
older persons could and should make to society,
Bearing in mind its resolution 49/162 of 23 December 1994 on the
integration of older women in development,
1.
Takes note of the conceptual framework of a programme for the
preparation and observance of the International Year of Older Persons in 1999,
as contained in the report of the Secretary-General; 1/
2.
Invites Member States to adapt the conceptual framework to
national conditions and to consider formulating national programmes for the
Year;
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