United Nations
A/RES/69/146
General Assembly
Distr.: General
2 February 2015
Sixty-ninth session
Agenda item 26 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2014
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/69/480)]
69/146. 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 Declaration1 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, 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 and 68/134 of 18 December 2013,
Recognizing that, in many 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
Welcoming the important opportunity provided by the ongoing dialogue on the
issues of ageing, inter alia, in the context of the discussions on the post-2015
development agenda,
Acknowledging the reference to older persons contained in the proposal of the
Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals,4 which shall be the main
basis for integrating sustainable development goals into the post-2015 development
agenda, while recognizing that other inputs will also be considered, in the
intergovernmental negotiation process at the sixty-ninth session of the General
Assembly, as decided by the Assembly in its resolution 68/309 of 10 September
2014,
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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.
2
Ibid., annex II.
3
A/69/180.
4
See A/68/970 and Corr.1.
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