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Towards a comprehensive and integral international legal instrument to promote and protect the rights and dignity of older persons (2013), para. 14
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- 1. Decides that the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, which shall be open to all Member States and observers of the United Nations shall, as part of its mandate and starting from its upcoming fourth session, to be held in 2013, consider proposals for an international legal instrument to promote and protect the rights and dignity of older persons, based on the holistic approach in the work carried out in the fields of social development, human rights and non-discrimination, as well as gender equality and the empowerment of women, and taking into account the inputs of the Human Rights Council, the reports of the Working Group and the recommendations of the Commission for Social Development and the Commission on the Status of Women, as well as the contributions from the second global review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002, 7 to be held during the fifty-first session of the Commission for Social Development;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Women
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- Mar 5, 2020
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A m e n d m e n t t o a r t i c l e 1 3 o f t h e s t a t u t e o f t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s Administrative Tribunal (1998), para. 11
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- "2. The Tribunal shall be competent to hear and pass judgement upon applications alleging non-observance of the regulations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund arising out of the decision of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board submitted to the Tribunal by:
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The human rights of older persons (2016), para. 05
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- Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 21/23 of 28 September 2012 and 24/20 of 27 September 2013 on the human rights of older persons,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2018), para. 14
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- Recognizing that the systematic review of the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action by Member States at the national, regional and international levels is essential for its success in improving the quality of life of older persons and promoting the development of a society for all ages, underlining in this regard the coordinating role of the Commission for Social Development in this process, and acknowledging the ongoing work under the third five-year review and appraisal cycle of the Madrid Plan of Action and looking forward to its results, which will be assessed at the fifty-sixth session of the Commission for Social Development, in 2018,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons: Second World Assembly on Ageing (2002), para. 13
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- 4. Invites all relevant agencies and bodies of the United Nations system to coordinate better their response to the global ageing of populations and to integrate within their respective mandates their programmes and activities related to older persons, taking into account the importance of the perspective of older persons;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Multilingualism (2009), para. 13
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- 6. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to complete the task of uploading all important older United Nations documents onto the United Nations website in all six official languages on a priority basis, so that those archives are also available to Member States through that medium;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Financing of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International HumanitarianViolations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994 (2008), para. 16
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- 6. Decides to revert to the issue of funding the pension-related liabilities of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda at its sixty-fourth session, taking into account the report of the Secretary-General requested in paragraph 11 of its resolution 61/262 of 4 April 2007;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2017), para. 44
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- 31. Also calls upon Member States to take concrete measures to further protect and assist older persons in emergency situations, in accordance with the Madrid Plan of Action and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030; 10
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Pattern of conferences (1998), para. 61
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- 4. Also requests the Secretary-General to complete the task of uploading all important older United Nations documents on the United Nations Web site in all six official languages on a priority basis, so that these archives are also available to Member States through that medium;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights and unilateral coercive measures (2002), para. 14
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- 3. Rejects unilateral coercive measures with all their extraterritorial effects as tools for political or economic pressure against any country, in particular against developing countries, because of their negative effects on the realization of all the human rights of vast sectors of their populations, in particular children, women and the elderly;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Older persons
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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United Nations pension system (2011), para. 12
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- 7. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the investments of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund and measures undertaken to increase diversification 2 and the observations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board, as set out in its report;
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons: realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities (2006), para. 07
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- Noting that the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002, adopted by the Second World Assembly on Ageing, 6 considers “older persons and disabilities” as a specific issue for policy concern,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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United Nations pension system (2009), para. 11
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- 6. Endorses the decision taken by the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board in 2007, in which it reaffirmed its earlier decision maintaining that the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund should determine entitlements to pension benefits, in particular under articles 34 and 35 of the Regulations of the Fund, which cover spousal benefits, in accordance with the personal status of a participant as recognized and reported to the Fund by the participant’s employing organization, on the understanding that the final verification that the personal status has remained the same will be done by the Fund at the time of granting such pension benefits;
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2019), para. 35
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- 19. Encourages Governments that have not done so to designate focal points for handling the follow-up of national plans of action on ageing, and also encourages Governments to strengthen existing networks of national focal points on ageing;
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- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (2008), para. 30
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- 19. Reaffirms the obligation of all States and parties to an armed conflict to protect civilians in armed conflicts in accordance with international humanitarian law, and invites States to promote a culture of protection, taking into account the particular needs of women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (2015), para. 65
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- 44. Reaffirms the obligation of all States and parties to an armed conflict to protect civilians in armed conflicts in accordance with international humanitarian law, and invites States to promote a culture of protection, taking into account the particular needs of women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Pattern of conferences (2017), para. 096
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- 81. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to upload all important older United Nations documents onto the United Nations website in all six official languages on a priority basis so that these archives will also be available to Member States and the general public;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2006), para. 07
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- 2. Recommends that ongoing efforts to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 3 take into account the situation of older persons;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2008), para. 16
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- 11. Reiterates that ongoing efforts to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 5F 6 should take into account the situation of older persons;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (2018), para. 099
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- 63. Reaffirms the obligation of all States and parties to an armed conflict to protect civilians, in accordance with international humanitarian law, encour ages States that are parties to an armed conflict to take all measures necessary to enhance the protection of civilians, and invites all States to promote a culture of protection, taking into account the particular needs of women, children, older persons a nd persons with disabilities;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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United Nations pension system (2007), para. 19
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- 1. Takes note of the recommendation of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board that as from 1 April 2007, the current reduction in the first consumer price index adjustments due under the pension adjustment system of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund to benefits in award should be lowered from 1.0 per cent to 0.5 per cent and that a 0.5 per cent increase should be applied on the occasion of the next adjustment to benefits being paid to existing retirees and beneficiaries who have already had the 1.0 per cent reduction applied to their benefits;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Towards a comprehensive and integral international legal instrument to promote and protect the rights and dignity of older persons (2013), para. 13
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- Taking note of the reports of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, and welcoming the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation of older persons, 8 in which it is stated that dedicated measures to strengthen the international protection regime for older persons are called for without further delay, including a new dedicated international instrument,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2015), para. 24
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- 11. Encourages Member States to strengthen their efforts to develop national capacity to address their national implementation priorities identified during the review and appraisal of the Madrid Plan of Action, and invites Member States that have not done so to consider a step-by-step approach to developing capacity that includes the setting of national priorities, the strengthening of institutional mechanisms, research, data collection and analysis and the training of necessary personnel in the field of ageing;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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United Nations pension system (2013), para. 16
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- 11. Concurs, in accordance with article 13 of the Regulations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund and with a view to securing continuity of pension rights, with the new transfer agreements of the Fund with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the African Development Bank, as approved by the Board and set out in annex XIV to its report, which will become effective 1 January 2013;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2019), para. 61
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- 45. Reiterates the need for additional capacity-building at the national level in order to promote and facilitate further implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action, as well as the results of its review and appraisal cycle, and in this regard encourages Governments to support the United Nations trust fund for ageing so as to enable the Department of Economic and Social Affairs to provide expanded assistance to countries, upon their request;
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- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2017), para. 37
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- 24. Calls upon Member States to develop their national capacity for monitoring and enforcing the rights of older persons, in consultation with all sectors of society, including organizations of older persons, through, inter alia, nati onal institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights, where applicable;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2009), para. 20
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- 17. Recommends that ongoing efforts to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 3F 4 take into account the situation of older persons;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (2020), para. 110
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- 39. Calls upon Member States to consider ratifying or acceding to, and for States parties to effectively implement, the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 36 to reinforce international cooperation for preventing and combating the smuggling of migrants and for the prosecution of smugglers, in accordance, as appropriate, with article 6 of the Protocol and with na tional laws and legislation, while effectively protecting the rights and respecting the dignity of smuggled migrants, consistent with the principles of non-discrimination and other applicable obligations under relevant international law, taking into account the special needs of women, children, especially when unaccompanied, and persons with disabilities and older persons, and in collaboration with international organizations, civil society and the private sector, and in this regard calls upon the United Na tions Office on Drugs and Crime to continue its technical assistance to Member States in accordance with the Protocol;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Protection of the family: role of the family in supporting the protection and promotion of human rights of older persons (2017), para. 13
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- Recognizing the essential contribution that older persons can continue to make to the functioning of societies and towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda if adequate guarantees are in place,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of older women in society (2003), para. 04
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- Recalling also the outcome of the special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century” 2 and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, in particular their provisions regarding older women,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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