A/HRC/RES/42/12 have been made within the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, including the possible elaboration of a multilateral legal instrument on the rights of older persons, 1. Welcomes the work of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons; 2. Decides to extend the mandate of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons for a period of three years according to the terms set out by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 33/5; 3. Requests all Governments to cooperate with the Independent Expert, and invites them to provide the mandate holder with all necessary information relating to the mandate; 4. Requests the Independent Expert to report regularly to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly in accordance with their respective programmes of work; 5. Also requests the Independent Expert to work in close coordination, while avoiding unnecessary duplication, with the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, including by participating in its annual session; 6. Encourages all relevant stakeholders, including United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions and civil society, and invites the private sector, donors and development agencies, to cooperate fully with the Independent Expert to enable the mandate holder to fulfil the mandate; 7. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the reports of the Independent Expert are brought to the attention of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 3 of General Assembly resolution 67/139 of 20 December 2012, and to the Assembly; 8. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the Independent Expert with all the human, technical and financial resources necessary for the effective fulfilment of the mandate; 9. Decides to remain seized of the matter. 39th meeting 26 September 2019 [Adopted without a vote.] 2