Follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons: Second World Assembly on Ageing: Report of the Secretary-General

A/80/147 - Released on 5 August 2025 11:55 PM EDT: The report analyzes how commitments from the World Summit for Social Development align with current demographic realities as Member States prepare for the Second World Summit for Social Development (4–6 November 2025, Doha). It focuses on the three pillars of social development—poverty eradication, productive employment, and social integration—highlighting policy priorities such as strengthening care systems, adapting to technological change (including AI), preparing for climate-related shocks, combating age-based discrimination, promoting lifelong learning, fostering age-inclusive workforces, and enhancing community participation. Emphasizing the perspective of population ageing and the contributions of older persons, it also provides recommendations for mainstreaming ageing in social development, advancing the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, and addressing ageing-related issues not explicitly covered at the upcoming Summit.