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The Focal Point on the Family in the Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of the Department of Economic and Social affairs (UNDESA) organized an international Expert Group Meeting on “Family policy development: achievements…
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"Families are at the core of human development. Among the natural and fundamental bases of society, families are central to the world’s quest for dignity, peace and justice.Moreover, as the basic economic unit in every society, families are key to…
The 2015 celebration of the 25th anniversary of International Day of Older Persons (IDOP), in anticipation of the third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) to be held in 2016, will focus not only on…
The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 69/146, entitled “Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing”. As Member States have turned their attention to the elaboration of a new development agenda …
Understanding the demographic changes that are likely to unfold over the coming years, as well as the challenges and opportunities that they present for achieving sustainable development, is important for designing and implementing the post-2015…
8–10 December 2014
Expert Group Meeting and Capacity-building Workshop on "The Role of Cooperatives in Sustainable Development: Contributions, Challenges and Strategies"
4-13 February
53rd Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD):…
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The UN Population Division created a new website "Population Dynamics Consultation", which went public last week. The idea of the site is to provide a forum to solicit input from a vast array of stakeholders about the role of population dynamics,…
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Chair's summary of third 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 third session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing was held from 21-24…
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Third 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 third session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing will be held from Tuesday, 21, to Friday…
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"Interactive Training Workshop" for the Second Review and Appraisal of the Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing in Africa
The report of the Training Workshop, which was organized jointly by UN-DESA and UN-ECA is available online.
Expert Group Meeting on…
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General Assembly resolution on older persons
Resolution A/RES/66/127 entitled "Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing" is now available online.
Update on UN regional review and appraisal meetings
Information about all five UN regional…