UN Network on Ageing Newsletter-Issue 35

10 August 2015
Commission for Social Development adopts resolution on second review and appraisal of the Madrid Plan
During its 49th session, the Commission for Social Development adopted draft resolution E/CN.5/2011/L.3 entitled "Modalities of the second review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing". 

Web-site on the Open-ended Working Group on the Human Rights of Older Persons
A web-site providing information about the newly established Open-ended Working Group on the Human Rights of Older Persons was created and is available here.

Strengthening International and Regional Frameworks to Protect the Human Rights of Older Persons
As a part of 2011 Founder’s Events, American University Washington College of Law presents an expert panel on "Strengthening International and Regional Frameworks to Protect the Human Rights of Older Persons" co-sponsored by the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and United Nations Population Fund. The panel will take place on March 17, 9 – 11.30 am in Washington, DC.
For more information, registration, and CLE credit, please visit the event’s webpage: http://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/founders/2011/20110317.cfm

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