A/RES/74/125
Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing
analyses of older women in humanitarian emergencies with a view to minimizing the
risk to older women of all forms of violence in such emergencies;
39. Stresses that, in complementing national development efforts, enhance d
international cooperation, in particular North-South cooperation, which is
complemented by South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation,
is essential to support developing countries in implementing the Madrid Plan of
Action, while recognizing the importance of such assistance as well as the provision
of financial assistance;
40. Encourages Member States to establish or to strengthen strategic
approaches and policy options in relation to the physical and mental health of older
persons in the light of new and emerging disease patterns, notably non -communicable
diseases, as well as in relation to increased life expectancy, with particular attention
to promoting good health and addressing health needs across a care continuum,
including prevention, detection and diagnosis, management and rehabilitation,
treatment and palliative care, with the aim of achieving comprehensive health -care
coverage for older persons;
41. Encourages the international community, including international and
bilateral donors, to enhance international cooperation to support national efforts to
eradicate poverty, in keeping with internationally agreed goals, in order to achieve
sustainable and adequate social and economic support for older persons, while
bearing in mind that countries have the primary responsibility for their own economic
and social development;
42. Also encourages the international community to support national efforts
to forge stronger partnerships with civil society, including organizations of o lder
persons, academia, research foundations, faith-based organizations, communitybased organizations, including caregivers, and the private sector, in an effort to help
to build capacity on ageing issues;
43. Encourages the international community and the relevant agencies of the
United Nations system, within their respective mandates, to support national efforts
to provide funding for research and data-collection initiatives on ageing, as
appropriate, in order to better understand the challenges and op portunities presented
by population ageing and to provide policymakers with more accurate and more
specific information with regard to a gender perspective on ageing, as well as to
include indicators that provide an evidence base for the equitable delivery and
effective monitoring of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals,
the New Urban Agenda 19 and national policymaking, as well as to gain a better
understanding of how to promote ageing in a way that is not adversely affected by
rapid urbanization and gentrification;
44. Recognizes the important role of various international and regional
organizations that deal with training, capacity-building, policy design and monitoring
at the national and regional levels in promoting and facilitating t he implementation
of the Madrid Plan of Action, and acknowledges the work that is undertaken in various
parts of the world, through the regional commissions and regional initiatives, as well
as the work of institutes such as the International Institute on Ageing in Malta and the
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research in Vienna;
45. Takes note with appreciation of the work of the Inter-Agency Group on
Ageing, an informal network of interested United Nations entities that exchange
information and integrate ageing into their work programmes on the implementation
of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
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