United Nations
A/RES/57/167
General Assembly
Distr.: General
16 January 2003
Fifty-seventh session
Agenda item 99
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/57/546)]
57/167. Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 54/24 of 10 November 1999, 54/262 of 25 May 2000,
56/118 of 19 December 2001 and 56/228 of 24 December 2001,
Reaffirming the principles and recommendations of the International Plan of
Action on Ageing, 1 which it endorsed in its resolution 37/51 of 3 December 1982,
and the United Nations Principles for Older Persons, adopted by the General
Assembly in 1991, 2 which provided guidance in areas of independence,
participation, care, self-fulfilment and dignity,
Having considered the report of the Second World Assembly on Ageing, held
in Madrid from 8 to 12 April 2002, 3
Expressing its profound gratitude to the Government and the people of Spain
for hosting the World Assembly and for the hospitality extended to all participants,
1.
Welcomes the report of the Second World Assembly on Ageing; 3
2.
Endorses the Political Declaration and the Madrid International Plan of
Action on Ageing, 2002, adopted by consensus by the Second World Assembly on
Ageing on 12 April 2002; 4
3.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 5
4.
Calls upon Governments, the United Nations system and all other actors
to take the necessary steps to implement the Madrid Plan of Action;
5.
Recognizes that the evolving process of global ageing requires actions at
all levels on the three priority directions in the Madrid Plan of Action, namely, older
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1
See Report of the World Assembly on Ageing, Vienna, 26 July–6 August 1982 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.82.I.16), chap. VI, sect. A.
2
Resolution 46/91, annex.
3
Report of the Second World Assembly on Ageing, Madrid, 8–12 April 2002 (United Nations publication,
Sales No. E.02.IV.4).
4
Ibid., chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
5
A/57/93.
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