Launch of a Resource for Promoting Dialogue on Creating a New UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons by (from left to right): Laura Machado (International, International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics -IAGG); Alain Franco (IAGG); Helen Hamlin (International Federation on Ageing -IFA); Alexander Kalache (IAGG); Ken Bluestone (AGE/UK); Jane Barratt (IFA); William Smith (International Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing -IAHSA); Irene Hoskins (IFA); Jim Collins (NGO Committee on Ageing, NY); Bridget Sleap (HelpAge International); Susan Somers (International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse -INPEA); Jessica Frank (AARP Office of International Affairs); Duygu Basaran (Global Action on Aging -GAA) and Susanne Paul (GAA).