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UN DESA in collaboration with the Mission of Japan and the Global Coalition on Ageing, organized the 2023 Silver Economy Forum “Advancing the SDGs in the Decade of Healthy Ageing.” The event was held on 6 and 7 December 2023. The Forum aimed at…
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The General Assembly adopted resolution on Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing
At the 50th plenary meeting of the General Assembly held on 19 December 2023, the Rapporteur of…
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Protecting the dignity and human rights of older persons, and addressing the challenges they face in society will ultimately benefit all of humanity, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said.
In a message commemorating Sunday’s…
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Don't miss this series of thought-provoking panels exploring how digital technology is transforming the future of ageing and to learn more about how individuals and organizations can help lead this process. A panel of the WSIS ICTs and Older Persons…
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The Thirteenth Session of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG13) on Ageing will be held in Conference Room 2 from 3 to 6 April 2023 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
This year, the session will focus on the "Right to Health and…
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Reaping benefits of population ageing begins with promoting equal opportunities from birth
The number of people aged 65 years or older worldwide is projected to more than double, rising from 761 million in 2021 to 1.6 billion in 2050. As the world…
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…
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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…