Report of the Secretary-General to the 68th session of the General Assembly

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

Call for NGO input

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.

The Open ended Working Group on Ageing, established by the General Assembly in its resolution 65/182 of 21 December 2010, for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons, held its sixth working session at United Nations Headquarters from 14 to 16 July 2015. The Working Group held six meetings. The session was opened by the Chair of the Working Group, Mateo Estrémé (Argentina).

The observance of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples will take place on Monday 10 August 2015 in ECOSOC Chamber, from 3:00pm to 6:00pm at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.