PROGRAMME
The 16th Annual Celebration of the International Day of Older Persons
Improving the Quality of Life for Older Persons:
Advancing United Nations Global Strategies
Thursday, 5 0ctober 2006
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Presented by:
The UN/NGO Committee on Ageing
in collaboration with
The UN Department of Public Information
The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
The World Health Organization
and
The UN Population Fund
Programme Outline
October 5, 2006
Conference Room 2
9:00 am - Registration
9:45 am - Inner Age: A Portrait Project: A slide presentation created by Annie Levy
10:00 am - 11:30 am.:
PLENARY
Opening Remarks by Juan Carlos Brandt , Chief, Department of Public Information, NGO Section, UN
Greeting Message from Kofi Annan , Secretary General, UN
Greeting Message from Florence Denmark , Chair, NGO Committee on Ageing, UN NY
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Moderator: Juan Carlos Brandt, Chief, Department of Public Information,
NGO Section, UN
Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) Executive Director, Under-Secretary-General, UN
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11:30 am - 12:45 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderator: Alexandre Sidorenko, Ph.D. , UN FocaL Point on Ageing, Department of Economics and Social Affairs, UN
Astrid Stuckelberger, Ph.D ., Gerontologist, Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva , Switzerland
Gilda A. Glasinovich, M.D. , UN Representative, Technical Adviser, Gender and Immigrant Populations, Economic and Social Council, New York
Hassan Hammoud , Ph.D. , Professor, Education and Sciences Division, Lebanese American University , Beirut , Lebanon
Dr. Tukufu Zuberi, Ph.D. , Director, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rajul Mehta, Founder-Director, Project OutrEACH, Bombay , India and New York , New York
Question and Answer Period
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12:45 pm - 1:00 pm
CULTURAL PERFORMANCE
Music by Mandolin Orchestra ( Glen Ridge , New Jersey )
Gabriel Nevola, Conductor
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