A/RES/67/143
United Nations
Distr.: General
21 February 2013
General Assembly
Sixty-seventh session
Agenda item 27 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2012
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/67/449 and Corr.1)]
67/143. 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, 62/130 of 18 December
2007, 63/151 of 18 December 2008, 64/132 of 18 December 2009, 65/182 of
21 December 2010 and 66/127 of 19 December 2011,
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
Recognizing that, by 2050, more than 20 per cent of the world’s population
will be 60 years of age or older, and recognizing also that the increase in the number
of older people will be the greatest and the most rapid in the developing world,
Deeply concerned that the situation of older persons in many parts of the
world has been negatively affected by the world financial and economic crisis,
Recognizing the essential contribution that the majority of older men and women
can continue to make to the functioning of society if adequate guarantees are in place,
Noting that older women outnumber older men, and noting with concern that
older women often face multiple forms of discrimination resulting from their
gender-based roles in society, compounded by their age or disability or on other
grounds, which affect the enjoyment of their human rights,
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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/67/188.
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