UN Network on Ageing Newsletter-Issue 36 | Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)

10 August 2015

New web-site of the UN Programme on Ageing
The newly designed web-site provides information about global demographic ageing and older persons around the world as well as a variety of ageing-related UN documents, publications, events and meetings.

First working session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons
The Open-ended Working Group held its first session on 18-21 April 2011. The Programme of work, the Chair's summary as well as statements, presentations and documents submitted to the Working Group are available online.

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Informal Briefing on the Second World Social Summit, 25 November 2024

An informal briefing for stakeholders on the preparations for the “World Social Summit” in 2025 under the title “the Second World Summit on Social Development” will be convened by H.E. Mr. Philippe Kridelka, Permanent Representative of Belgium to…

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General Assembly Resolution 'Sport as an Enabler of Sustainable Development' A/79/L.10 Adopted

The United Nations General Assembly adopted draft resolution A/79/L.10 on ‘Sport as an Enabler of Sustainable Development’ by consensus on 12 November 2024. The draft resolution was co-facilitated by Monaco and Qatar, and co-sponsored by Armenia and…

News | 13 November 2024

Registration Now Open for the Expert Group Meeting: The Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including those in voluntary isolation and initial contact in the context of the extraction of critical minerals

Registration is now open for the Expert Group Meeting. Every year, the Indigenous Peoples and Development Branch within the Division for Inclusive Social Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs organizes an international expert…