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23 October 2015
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…
28 August 2015
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 beyond 2015 with…
19 August 2015
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…
Newsletter | 10 August 2015
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Newsletter | 10 August 2015
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,…
Newsletter | 10 August 2015
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…
Newsletter | 10 August 2015
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…
Newsletter | 10 August 2015
"Interactive Training Workshop" for the Second Review and Appraisal of the Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing in AfricaThe report of the Training Workshop, which was organized jointly by UN-DESA and UN-ECA is available online.
Expert Group Meeting on…
Newsletter | 10 August 2015
General Assembly resolution on older personsResolution 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 meetingsInformation about all five UN regional review…
Newsletter | 10 August 2015
Commission for Social Development
The 50th session of the Commission for Social Development was convened from 1 to 10 February 2012 in New York. For statements, summaries of debate and other information, please click here.
Open-ended Working Group…
Newsletter | 10 August 2015
Report of the Secretary-General to the Commission for Social DevelopmentThe Commission for Social Development will hold its 50th session on 1-10 February 2012. A report of the Secretary-General entitled "Second review and appraisal of the Madrid…
Newsletter | 10 August 2015
International Day of Older Persons 2011
The International Day of Older Persons will be celebrated on 1 October 2011.
The Day will be commemorated on 3 October 2011 in Geneva under the theme of "Active and Healthy Ageing 2012" and on 6 October 2011…