World Assembly on the Elderly.

  • Author: UN General Assembly (33rd sess. : 1978-1979)
  • Document source:
    UN General Assembly
  • Date:
    14 December 1978
UN General Assembly (33rd sess. : 1978-1979), World Assembly on the Elderly., A/RES/33/52, UN General Assembly, 14 December 1978, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1978/en/26605 [accessed 12 September 2024]
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33. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE*
52. World Assembly on the Elderly

The General Assembly, Reaffirming the Declaration on Social Progress and Development[1] and the emphasis therein on the dignity and worth of the human being and the rights of the aged, Recalling its resolution 3137 (XXVIII) of 14 December 1973 on the question of the elderly and the recommendation therein on the need for well-designed policies and programmes for the aging, Recalling its resolution 32/132 of 16 December 1977 on the international year and world assembly on aging, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on the problems of the elderly and the aged,[2] Recognizing the need to call world-wide attention to the serious problems besetting a growing portion of the populations of the world,

1. Decides to organize, in consultation with Member States, specialized agencies and organizations concerned, a World Assembly on the Elderly in 1982, as a forum to launch an international action programme aimed at guaranteeing economic and social security to older persons, as well as opportunities to contribute to national development;

2. Decides to consider at a later stage the feasibility of observing an international year of the elderly, giving due consideration to the report of the Secretary-General requested in Economic and Social Council decision 1978/47 of 1 August 1978;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to elaborate, in consultation with Member States, the specialized agencies and organizations concerned, and to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session, through the Economic and Social Council, a draft programme for the World Assembly on the Elderly and to make recommendations on the organization and objectives of the World Assembly;

4. Recommends that Member States, in formulating their comments on the draft programme, should include, inter alia, attention to categorizing and analysing the problems of elderly persons in their societies;

5. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-fifth session the item entitled "Problems of the elderly and the aged", under which the report of the Secretary-General on the World Assembly on the Elderly would be considered.

84th plenary meeting
14 December 1978
[1]2 Resolution 2542 (XXIV). [2]3 A/33/265.
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