Recognizing also that a tremendous global demographic change is to be expected during the next fifty years, in both developing and developed countries, as well as in countries with economies in transition, and that since this change will be the most rapid in developing countries, where the older population is expected to quadruple over the same period of time, it is imperative that ageing be integrated into development policies for the attainment of internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,See resolution 55/2.
又认识到预计今后五十年间全球不仅在发展中国家和发达国家，而且在转型期经济国家将发生巨大人口变化，但这种变化在发展中国家最为迅速，预计在同一时期发展中国家老年人将增至四倍，因此，必须将老龄问题纳入为实现国际商定的发展目标包括《联合国千年宣言》见第55/2号决议。 所载各项目标而制定的发展政策之中，