General Assembly

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13 November 1981

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                                               A/RES/36/30
                                               13 November 1981
                                               57th plenary meeting
 
                     World Assembly on Aging
 
  The General Assembly,
 
  Recalling its resolutions 33/52 of 14 December 1978, in which it decided to
convene a World Assembly on Aging in 1982, and 35/129 of 11 December 1980,
 
  Bearing in mind that the number of older people in the world, in both the
developed and developing countries, will increase dramatically during the next
two decades,
 
  Recognizing that the aging are a valuable human resource as much in the
economic and social fields as in the transmission of cultural heritage,
 
  Emphasizing the great importance of the World Assembly on Aging in
addressing the broad spectrum of questions concerning the aging and in helping
to formulate policies to deal with these questions,
 
  Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Advisory Committee for
the World Assembly on Aging on its first session, held at Vienna from 17 to 21
August 1981,
 
  1. Welcomes the offer of the Government of Austria to act as host to the
World Assembly on Aging;
 
  2. Decides that the World Assembly on Aging will be held at Vienna from 26
July to 6 August 1982;
 
  3. Decides further that, subject to the conditions in paragraph 8 below, two
days of pre-conference meetings should be held at Vienna immediately before
the World Assemby on Aging in order to reach agreement on all procedural and
organizational matters to be dealt with on the opening day of the Assembly;
 
  4. Approves, subject to the conditions in paragraph 8 below, the holding of
three simultaneous meetings - plenary meetings and meetings of two Main
Committees - for the whole duration of the World Assembly on Aging;
 
  5. Requests the Secretary-General, subject to the conditions in paragraph 8
below, to convene at Vienna two sessions of the Advisory Committee for the
World Assembly on Aging, if possible, from 1 to 5 February and from 3 to 7 May
1982, in order to finalize the preparations and documentation for the
Assembly;
 
  6. Urges those countries in a position to do so to make generous voluntary
contributions to the Fund for the World Assembly on Aging;
 
  7. Invites the United Nations Fund for Population Activities to continue to
provide financial support to the preparatory work for the World Assembly on
Aging;
 
  8.  Notes that paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 above will be implemented only to the
extent that they can be financed by economies within the direct and
apportioned resources requested by the Secretary-General in section 4 B of the
proposed programme budget for the biennium 1982-1983, or by voluntary
contributions which may be or may become available from the Fund for the World
Assembly on Aging.