International Day of Older Persons

ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER PERSONS AT THE NOON BRIEFING BY STÉPHANE DUJARRIC
 
SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTÓNIO GUTERRES
 
TUESDAY, 01 OCTOBER, 2019

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER PERSONS
Today is International Day of Older Persons. With this year’s theme being "The Journey to Age Equality", the UN aims to highlight that the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals will only be achievable if it is inclusive of all ages.
For this observance, the UN also wants to stress that empowering older persons in all dimensions of development, including promoting their active participation in social, economic and political life, is one way to ensure their inclusiveness and reduce inequalities.
The world’s population is ageing fast. The UN estimates that by 2050 one in five people will be over 60. The number of aged over 80 is projected to triple from 143 million in 2019 to 426 million in 2050.
To observe the Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is launching a package of tools, including a digital app to help health and social workers provide better care for older persons.

https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/highlight/2019-10-01.html

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2019 EVENTS on International Day of Older Persons

https://www.un.org/en/events/olderpersonsday/events.shtml

Commemoration in New York (video on demand available)

Date: 10 October 2019
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Venue: ECOSOC Chamber, UN Headquarters in New York

International Day of Older Persons aims to enshrine and promote the rights of older persons, and to engage and mobilize advocates to protect those rights. At the event, there will be a panel addressing sub themes including: inequalities in the care sector; lifelong learning work/life balance; and social protection.

The event is co-organized by the NGO Committee on Ageing and UNDESA's Programme on Ageing, and is co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations in collaboration with the Group of Friends of Older Persons. The event brings participants from NGOs, Member States, academia and civil society.

For more information, please contact ageing@un.org.

Commemoration in Geneva

Date: Tuesday, 1 October 2019
Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Executive Board Room in WHO Headquarters in Geneva
More information and registration .

The NGO Committee on Ageing in collaboration with WHO is organizing the launch of "the WHO Package of Tools on Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE)."

Commemoration in Vienna

Date: Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Time: 15:00 - 19:30
Venue: House of the European Union, Wipplingerstr. 35, 1010 Vienna.
More information .