United Nations A/RES/65/182 General Assembly Distr.: General 4 February 2011 Sixty-fifth session Agenda item 27 (c) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 2010 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/65/448)] 65/182. 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 and 64/132 of 18 December 2009, 0F 1F 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 reports of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing as well as the current status of the social situation, well-being, participation in development and rights of older persons, 3 2F 1. Reaffirms the Political Declaration1 and the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002;2 0H 1H 2. Encourages Governments to pay greater attention to building capacity to eradicate poverty among older persons, in particular older women, by mainstreaming ageing issues into poverty eradication strategies and national development plans, and to include both ageing-specific policies and ageing-mainstreaming efforts in their national strategies; Encourages Member States to strengthen their efforts to develop national 3. capacity to address their national implementation priorities identified during the review and appraisal of the Madrid Plan of Action, and invites Member States that have not done so to consider a step-by-step approach to developing capacity that _______________ 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/65/157 and A/65/158. 10-52346 *1052346* Please rec cle ♲