Program Outline

The 19th Annual Commemoration of the International Day of Older Persons

Aging Activism: A Global Tool to Create a Society for All Ages

INTERNATIONAL DAY of OLDER PERSONS PROGRAM

8 October 2009

United Nations

ECOSOC Chamber

MORNING PROGRAM

10:00-12:30 PM

Registration

Welcome remarks from Kiyotaka Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information.

Message from Ban Ki Moon, the U.N. Secretary General, on the International Day of Older Persons.

Message from Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Greetings from Dr. Ann Pawliczko, Senior Technical Advisor, UN Population Fund (UNFPA) 

Welcome Message from Jessica Frank López, Chair, CoNGO Committee on Ageing, N.Y.

AMBASSADORIAL SYMPOSIUM

Facilitator:  Barbara Crossette, United Nations Correspondent for The Nation

Speakers:

Honored Guest: Jean-Marie Ehouzou, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration, La Francophonie, and Beninese Abroad, Republic of Benin

  • H. E. Ambassador Mr. Mohammed F. Al-Allaf, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  • H. E. Ambassador D. Juan Antonio Yez-Barnuevo, Spain
  • H. E. Ambassador Regina Maria Cordeiro Dunlop, Brazil

Questions and Answers

AGING ACTIVISM IN ACTION

Introductions

Jack Kupferman, Valerie L. Levy. Co-Chairs, 2009 International Day of Older Persons

Activists

Carole Holmes, Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, Canada

Senator Capri S. Cafaro, 32nd District, Ohio

Joan Wile, Grandmothers Against the War, New York

Questions and Answers

LUNCHEON to HONOR Dr. Alexandre Sidorenko

Opening remarks from Jessica Frank López, Chair, CoNGO Committee on Ageing, N.Y.

Message from Rosemary Lane, Acting Focal Point on Ageing and Officer-in-Charge, Social Integration Branch, Division for Social Policy and Development

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

3:00-5:00 PM
 (Sessions Occurring Simultaneously)

Promoting Aging Activism to Assure the Rights of Older Persons

(being held in Conference Room 9, Floor 1B)

Moderator:
Susanne Paul, Global Action on Ageing

Keynote Speaker:
Nora Berra, Secrétaire d'Etat aux Ainés, France

Participants:
Dr. Luciano Di Hctor Cesare, Director Ejecutivo Nacional de PAMI Argentina
Dr. Alexandre Kalache, Global Ambassador, HelpAge International
Javier Vasquez, Human Rights Law Advisor, Pan American Health Organization

From Rhetoric to Reality: Educating and Empowering for Implementation

(being held in the Delegates Dining Room, West Terrace, 4th Floor)

Moderator:
Helen R. Hamlin, Board of Directors, International Federation on Ageing 

Participants:
Dr. Patricia Spadafora, Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Canada 
Shamina de Gonzaga

Confronting Emerging Challenges: Climate Change and Aging; Providing Effective Social Services

(being held in the Delegates Dining Room, Dining Room 1,   4th Floor)

Moderator:
Dr. Peter Walker, UN/NGO Representative for the Society for the Psychological Study of 
Social Issues (SPSSI)

Participants:
Peter Grevatt, Ph.D., Senior Advisor for Childrens Health, Office of the Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency
Dr. Jennifer Rouse, Director, Division of Ageing, Ministry of Social Development, Trinidad and Tobago
Mr. Jos Miguel Guzmán, Director Population and Development Branch, United Nations Population Fund

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