Ninth session of the Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWGA)

by admin | May 14, 2018 | Events

Preparations are under way for the ninth session of the Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWGA) to be held 23-26 July 2018 at the United Nations in New York. The Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People (GAROP  is organizing a webinar that will provide...

NGO COMMITTEE ON AGEING, GENEVA, 2018 Annual General Meeting

by admin | Apr 28, 2018 | Events

NGO COMMITTEE ON AGEING, GENEVA Friday, 27 April 2018, 13:00-16:00 Room S4, Palais des Nations 2018 Annual General Meeting

Older women and new technologies at Thomson Reuters Foundation conference, 15-16 November 2017

by admin | Jan 26, 2018 | Events

Trust Conference The Committee presented an action on older women and new technologies at the conference organised by the Thomson Reuters Foundation on 15-16 November 2017 http://www.trustconference.com/actions/i/?id=5514d31d-e190-4390-8aca-a0c9429d0974 The Committee,...

Global Alliance for the rights of older people (GAROP): outcomes of 8 Nov 2017 webinar

by admin | Jan 26, 2018 | Events

Global Alliance for the rights of older people (GAROP) Read the outcomes of the webinar: ‘Long term and palliative care in older age’ that took place on 8 November and other resources by GAROP: Outcomes of the webinar: ‘Long term and palliative care in older...

WHO Executive Board: 22-23 November 2017

by admin | Jan 26, 2018 | Events

WHO A special session of the WHO Executive Board took place on 22-23 November to discuss the new strategic priorities and the draft General Programme of Work (GPW). It was impressive to hear by the WHO administration that 90 % of the comments received during the...

Global Symposium on Ageing, 2017

by admin | Nov 7, 2017 | Events

Global Symposium on Ageing, Seoul 2017 on October 23rd and 24th. Read more here: http://ageingsymposium-seoul2017.org/about/01.php

WHO International Day of the Older Person event, 2nd October 2017

by admin | Oct 2, 2017 | Events

WHO hosted the International Day of the Older Person event on 2 October at 12.30pm at WHO. This would be a high-level even with ministers and ambassadors speaking about Universal health coverage in an era of population ageing. The save the date flyer was distributed...

Item 6 UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing and NGO Forum, Lisbon 2017

by admin | Sep 19, 2017 | Events

Item 6 UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing (20th – 21st September) and NGO Forum (19th September) in Lisbon. These events unfortunately clashed with the HRC Session. Several members from Geneva attended. All information on the Conference and the NGO Forum and...

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, 2017

by admin | Jun 15, 2017 | Events

The NGO Committee organised a side event to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day during the 35th HRC on 15 June. A webcast of the event can be found here: http://www.treatybodywebcast.org/hrc-35- violence-against-older-persons-a-human-rights-...

34th HRC: Side Event on Older Refugees Human Rights

by admin | May 22, 2017 | Events

Please read the report about the Side Event organized by the Committee on Ageing. Read more.