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 impact of the new urban environment on older persons, but also the impact of older persons on the new urban environment.
On 19 October, the Third Committee of the General Assembly, focused on human rights, considered its agenda item on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, including follow up to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples.
By Professor Megan Davis, Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Youth Delegates at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly participated at the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian & Cultural) and joined the debate on social development.
On 13 October, the UN Secretary-General spoke on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Security Council’s resolution 1325, declaring his commitment to the inclusion of women in peace-building processes.
On 10 October, the UN Secretary-General participated at the Peoples’ World Conference on Climate Change and the Defence of Life in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He emphasized that climate change is at the top of the international agenda this year.
The United Nations Secretary-General was in Peru on 8 and 9 October to attend the annual meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund.
The 193-Member United Nations General Assembly formally adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, along with a set of bold new Global Goals, which Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed as a universal, integrated and transformative vision for a better world.
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