Building Back Better in post-pandemic Asia: Back to the future for older people? | Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)

09 March 2021

DESA joined a panel discussion on Building Back Better in post-pandemic Asia: Back to the future for older people? (9 March 2021), organized by HelpAge Asia Pacific and Asia Development Bank. Watch event here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knsCqfVlGiI&t=3387s

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Joint Letter by the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples- April 2025

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