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The General Assembly adopts resolution (A/RES/79/147) on Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing
The General Assembly adopted resolution 79/147 without a vote on Follow-up to the Second World…
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First draft resolution on recommendations adopted by the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing
The General Assembly Open-ended Working Group on Ageing adopted (without a vote) the draft decision 14/1 “Recommendations…
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The General Assembly adopted resolution on Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing
At the 50th plenary meeting of the General Assembly held on 19 December 2023, the Rapporteur of…
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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day – June 15
Use #WEAAD, #SDGs, #GlobalGoals for all your tweets on the 2018 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Celebrating #WEAAD? Planning a special activity? We want to know! Tweet @UN4Ageing or email us…
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Expert Group Meeting on Care and Older Persons: Links to Decent Work, Migration and Gender (5-7 December 2017, UNHQ NY)
The UN focal point on ageing (UNDESA) is organizing an expert group meeting on “Care and Older Persons: Links to…
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55th Session of the Commission for Social Development (New York, 1 - 10 February 2017) bit.ly/CSocD55
The priority theme for the 2017-2018 review and policy cycle will be "Strategies for the eradication of poverty to achieve…
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Regional Reviews of the 3rd cycle of Review and Appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing
For more information about the review, please visit the Official MIPAA Review and Appraisal Web Page
UNESCAP Asia-…
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26th United Nations International Day of Older Persons: Take a Stand Against Ageism (6 October 2016, UNHQ, 10:00am - 1:00pm)
The NGO Committee on Ageing in New York in partnership with the Permanent Mission of the Argentine Republic…
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25th International Day of Older Persons: Sustainability and Age Inclusiveness in the Urban Environment
The NGO Committee on Ageing in New York in partnership with United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Focal Point on…
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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…
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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…
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Report of the Secretary-General to the 66th session of the UN General Assembly
The most recent report of the Secretary-General entitled " Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing" has been issued and is available at the UN Programme on…