A/RES/78/177
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
22 December 2023
Seventy-eighth session
Agenda item 24 (b)
Social development: social development, including
questions relating to the world social situation and to
youth, ageing, persons with disabilities and the family
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 19 December 2023
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/78/472, para. 57)]
78/177.
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 and the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002, 1
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, 64/132 of 18 December 2009, 65/182 of
21 December 2010, 66/127 of 19 December 2011, 67/139 and 67/143 of 20 December
2012, 68/134 of 18 December 2013, 69/146 of 18 December 2014, 70/164 of
17 December 2015, 71/164 of 19 December 2016, 72/144 of 19 December 2017,
73/143 of 17 December 2018, 74/125 of 18 December 2019, 75/152 of 16 December
2020, 76/138 of 16 December 2021 and 77/190 of 15 December 2022,
Recognizing that there has been steady participation of Member States in the
fourth review and appraisal cycle of implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action,
although, in some 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 report of the Secretary-General, 2
Noting that the voluntary national reviews submitted by Member States to the
high-level political forum on sustainable development in the period 2016–2022
showed varying levels of awareness of and response to population ageing in the
different world regions,
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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, annexes I and II.
A/78/134.
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