International Year of Disabled Persons and to the World Plan of Action concerning Disabled Persons. Measures had been adopted to prevent disability resulting from occupational accidents and diseases and to accommodate the social, medical, educational and vocational training needs of the disabled with a view to their integration into society. 37. With regard to the question of aging, he emphasized the need for increased efforts to ensure the implementation of all the recommendations which had appeared in the documents of the World Assembly on Aging with a view to resolving the many problems facing the elderly. His delegation, which had been a sponsor of the relevant General Assembly resolutions, believed that action on behalf of the elderly inter alia in the medical and social fields and with regard to social security, should correspond to their particular social and economic requirements, and that special attention should be paid to the situation in developing countries. As the World Assembly on Aging itself had stipulated, the objectives of the Programme of Action should be adapted to the goals of the new international economic order and to the guidelines set out in the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade. 38. Given the importance of international co-operation with regard to measures on behalf of the aging, the United Nations should systematically evaluate developments in the field, the work of the World Health Organization on gerontology and geriatrics should be expanded, and the activities of the International Labour Organisation regarding the work potential of the elderly should be expanded. Drawing attention to paragraphs 40-42 of document A/39/147, he stressed the importance of expanding intergenerational contacts in preparation for and observance of the International Youth Year. / ... A/C.3/39/SR.l9 English Page 11 (Mr. Voicu, Romania) 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the implementation of programs and measures to promote the welfare of disabled persons and the elderly, with a focus on their integration into society, social security, and medical care. It also mentions the importance of international cooperation and evaluation of developments in these fields. This suggests that the text is related to social and healthcare issues, rather than economic or environmental ones.

**Category**
Health, Employment