The NGO Community in NY will Toast a Landmark Resolution on Ageing
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In November, the General Assembly adopted a resolution to establish a United Nations working group on the human rights of older persons. Please join us December 2, at 1:00PM at the Church Center to recognize this landmark decision.
UN Third Committee of the General Assembly adopts landmark resolution on ageing
Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 57/167 of 18 December 2002, in which it endorsed the Political Declaration1 and the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002,2 its resolution 58/134 of 22 December 2003, in which it took note, inter alia, of the road map for the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action, and its resolutions 60/135 of 16 December 2005, 61/142 of 19 December 2006, 62/130 of 18 December 2007, 63/151 of 18 December 2008 and 64/132 of 18 December 2009,
Recognizing that, in many parts of the world, awareness of the Madrid Plan of Action remains limited or non-existent, which limits the scope of implementation efforts,
An Open Letter to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
September 9th, 2010
Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General
United Nations New York, NY 10017
Dear Secretary-General,
We look forward to your address marking the 20th Anniversary of the United Nations International Day of Older Persons (October 1, 2010) which this year focuses on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
There is no doubt that the MDGs have been influential in galvanising international support and providing momentum to tackle poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women. However, as a group of NGOs in Consultative Status with the UN working on strengthening older women and men’s rights globally, we are concerned about the continued exclusion of older women and men in the MDGs and the lack of recognition of, and support to, the critical contribution that they make towards their achievement.
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