United Nations Human Rights Council Appoints Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of All Human Rights by Older Persons
On 8 May 2014, the Council appointed Ms. Rosita Kornfeld-Matte (Chile) as Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of All Human Rights by Older Persons. This appointment was established by Human Rights Council resolution 24/20. Click here to find out more about Ms. Kornfeld-Matte's experience as well as her mandate for the next three years.
Fourth Working Session of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on Ageing for the Purpose of Strengthening the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons
The Fourth Session of the OEWG is scheduled to take place from 12 to 15 August 2013 in New York at UN Headquarters and will commence daily at 10:00 am. Modalities for participation of NGOs, online pre-registration and application for accreditation are now available online.
Please find below a call for contributions from civil society organizations as input for discussions during the upcoming fourth session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing in August 2013
General Assembly resolutions on ageing and older persons
UN General Assembly resolutions 67/139 (Towards a comprehensive and integral international legal instrument to promote and protect the rights and dignity of older persons) and 67/143 (Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing) were issued.
51st session of the Commission for Social Development (New York, 6-15 February 2013)
All relevant information, including documents, a list of side events, etc. of the upcoming session of CSocD can be found online.
Join the Global Conversation and Voice Your Opinion on Ageing and the Post 2015 Development Agenda
Register at www.worldwewant2015.org to join the e-consultation from 28 January to 22 February 2013
Equality counts among the six guiding values for cooperative enterprises, and open and voluntary membership is one of the principles to which cooperatives subscribe. Cooperative enterprises also have a “one member, one vote” system, which ensures that decision making powers are equally shared amongst their members . Being people-centred enterprises, cooperatives focus on the needs of their members and of the communities in which they operate, rather than on financial returns alone.
Asia and the Pacific is the fastest ageing region in the world. It is expected that by 2050, one fourth of the total population in Asia and the Pacific will be 60 years old or older. Due to increased life expectancy and continuing fertility decline, all sub-regions in Asia and the Pacific are ageing. In East and North-East Asia, the fastest ageing sub-region, one third of the population will be above 60 and in South Asia, persons above 60 will make up almost one fifth of the population.
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