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institutions, to develop and improve the collection, analysis and dissemination of
data disaggregated by age and sex;
6.
Welcomes the adoption in April 2002 by the Valencia Forum of research
and academic professionals of the Research Agenda on Ageing for the Twenty-First
Century, to support the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action
on Ageing, 2002; 4
7.
Urges Governments to take measures to enable all older women to be
actively engaged in all aspects of life by assuming a variety of roles in communities,
public life and decision-making, and to develop and implement policies and
programmes in cooperation with civil society, including non-governmental
organizations, where appropriate, to ensure that older women can achieve their full
enjoyment of human rights and quality of life, with a view to contributing to the
realization of a society for all ages;
8.
Calls upon Governments and the United Nations system to ensure that
the needs, perspectives and experiences of older women are reflected in all
development policies and programmes;
9.
Invites Governments, the United Nations system and international
organizations to consider, in their development planning, the increasing
responsibilities of older women in providing care and assistance for those affected
by HIV/AIDS;
10. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
fifty-eighth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution.
77th plenary meeting
18 December 2002
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