Welcome to the United Nations
UN Network on Ageing Newsletter-Issue 41
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.
UN Network on Ageing Newsletter-Issue 40
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 on Ageing for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons
UN Network on Ageing Newsletter-Issue 39
Report of the Secretary-General to the Commission for Social Development
UN Network on Ageing Newsletter-Issue 38
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 in New York under the theme of "Launch of Madrid+10: The Growing Opportunities and Challenges of Global Ageing".
UN Network on Ageing Newsletter-Issue 36
New web-site of the UN Programme on Ageing
The newly designed web-site provides information about global demographic ageing and older persons around the world as well as a variety of ageing-related UN documents, publications, events and meetings.
UN Network on Ageing Newsletter-Issue 35
Commission for Social Development adopts resolution on second review and appraisal of the Madrid Plan
During its 49th session, the Commission for Social Development adopted draft resolution E/CN.5/2011/L.3 entitled "Modalities of the second review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing".
During its 49th session, the Commission for Social Development adopted draft resolution E/CN.5/2011/L.3 entitled "Modalities of the second review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing".