Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing
A/RES/71/164
measurement of progress in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development, in particular its aspects of relevance to older persons, and to ensure
that no one is left behind;
19. Recommends that States parties to existing international human rights
instruments, where appropriate, address the situation of older persons more
explicitly in their reports, and encourages treaty body monitoring mechanisms and
special procedures mandate holders, in accordance with their mandates, to pay more
attention to the situation of older persons in their dialogue with Member States, in
their consideration of reports or in their country missions;
20. Encourages Governments to continue their efforts to implement the
Madrid Plan of Action and to mainstream the concerns of older persons into their
policy agendas, bearing in mind the crucial importance of intergenerational family
interdependence, solidarity and reciprocity for social development and the
realization of all human rights for older persons, and to prevent age discrimination
and provide social integration;
21. Recognizes the importance of strengthening intergenerational
partnerships and solidarity, and in this regard calls upon Member States to promote
opportunities for voluntary, constructive and regular interaction between young
people and older generations in the family, the workplace and society at large;
22. Encourages Member States to adopt social policies that promote the
development of community services for older persons, taking into account the
psychological and physical aspects of ageing and the special needs of older women;
23. Also encourages Member States to ensure that older persons have access
to information about their rights so as to enable them to participate fully and justly
in their societies and to claim full enjoyment of all human rights;
24. Calls upon Member States to develop their national capacity for
monitoring and enforcing the rights of older persons, in consultation with all sectors
of society, including organizations of older persons, through, inter alia, nati onal
institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights, where applicable;
25. Also calls upon Member States to strengthen and incorporate a gender
and disability perspective into all policy actions on ageing, as well as to address and
eliminate discrimination on the basis of age, sex or disability, and recommends that
Member States engage with all sectors of society, in particular with relevant
organizations with an interest in the matter, including organizations of older
persons, women and persons with disabilities, in changing negative stereotypes
about older persons, in particular older women and older persons with disabilities,
and promote positive images of older persons;
26. Acknowledges that universal health coverage implies that all peo ple,
including older persons, have access, without discrimination, to nationally
determined sets of needed promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative basic
health services and essential, safe, affordable, effective and quality medicines, while
ensuring that the use of such services does not expose older persons to financial
hardship, with a special emphasis on the poor, vulnerable and marginalized;
27. Urges Member States to develop, implement and evaluate policies and
programmes that promote healthy and active ageing and the highest attainable
standard of health and well-being for older persons and to develop health care for
older persons as part of primary care in the existing national health systems;
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