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The Chair of the Permanent Forum, Ms. Megan Davis, was in Geneva from 20 to 24 July 2015 to attend the annual session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. On Monday, 20 July, Ms. Davis attended the opening session and…
To raise awareness on the importance of investing in youth skills development, the United Nations General Assembly has decided to celebrate the first World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) on 15 July 2015.
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The Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing was established by the General Assembly by resolution 65/182 on 21 December 2010.
The working group will consider the existing international framework of the human rights of older persons and identify possible…
Population ageing has profound implications for many facets of human life. An ageing population will affect everything from economies, labor markets to health and social care. This prospect requires a better understanding of the implications and…
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On 29 June 2015, Permanent Forum member Oliver Loode made a statement under the agenda item “Sustainable Development” at the thirty-ninth session of the World Heritage Committee in Bonn, Germany. In the statement, he noted that the Permanent Forum…
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The experience of Latin American countries in the implementation of family policies is relatively recent. Compared to what has been achieved by most OECD countries in more than thirty years of designing, trying and evaluating policy instruments…
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DSPD Focal Point on the Family organized an International Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on "Family Policy Development: Achievements and Challenges" at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 14 to 15 May 2015. The meeting focused on…
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The International Day of Families is observed on the 15th of May every year. The Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 with resolution A/RES/47/237 and reflects the importance the international community attaches to families. The…
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The report on the Fourteenth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is out. The report contains conclusions and recommendations made by the Permanent Forum at its most recent session on 20 April – 1 May 2015.
The report is available in…
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The Report of the Secretary-General for the General Assembly Seventieth session (A/70/84) provides an overview of the implementation of the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference…
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2014 Social Forum of the Human Rights Council
lunes, 31 marzo 2014
The 2014 Social Forum of the Human Rights Council will take place from 1 to 3 April 2014 in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, in accordance with paragraph…
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Governments must make health of older people a priority, says UN rights chief
viernes, 16 septiembre 2011
With the number of people aged over 60 expected to reach 2 billion by 2050, or more than a fifth of the total global…