Issue 23
July 2009


Report of the Secretary-General to the 64th session of the General Assembly


An advance unedited version of the report of the Secretary-General entitled "Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing" has been posted on the web-site of the Division for Social Policy and Development: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/un-reports.html

The report focuses on the promotion and protection of human rights of older persons.

Report of Expert Group Meeting on "Rights of Older Persons"

The UN Programme on Ageing held an Expert Group on "Rights of Older Persons" in Bonn, Germany earlier this year. The report, including suggested policy recommendations, a list of participants, and an annotated agenda are now available online: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/ageing/impl_map.html