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After-service health insurance (2010), para. 14
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- (g) After-service health insurance plans for retired public sector employees offered by their respective Governments;
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- Economic Rights
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
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After-service health insurance (2010), para. 15
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- (h) The financial and legal implications of changing, for current retirees and active staff members: (i) the scope and coverage of the after-service health insurance plans and (ii) the contribution levels;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2014), para. 15
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- Reaffirming also the right of everyone to have access to safe, sufficient and nutritious food, consistent with the right to adequate food and the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger, so as to be able to fully develop and maintain his or her physical and mental capacities, and underlining the need to make special efforts to meet the nutritional needs, especially of women, children, older persons, indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities, as well as those living in vulnerable situations,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2016), para. 14
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- Reaffirming also the right of everyone to have access to safe, sufficient and nutritious food, consistent with the right to adequate food and the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger, so that they may be able to fully develop and maintain their physical and mental capacities, and underlining the need to make special efforts to meet nutritional needs, especially of women, children, older persons, indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities, as well as of those living in vulnerable situations,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2017), para. 17
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- Reaffirming also the right of everyone to have access to safe, sufficient and nutritious food, consistent with the right to adequate food and the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger, so as to be able to fully develop and maintain their physical and mental capacities, and underlining the need to make special efforts to meet nutritional needs, especially of women, children, older persons, indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities, as well as of those living in vulnerable situations,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2018), para. 22
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- Reaffirming also the right of everyone to have access to safe, sufficient and nutritious food, consistent with the right to adequate food and the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger, so as to be able to fully develop and maintain their physical and mental capacities, and underlining the need to make special efforts to meet nutritional needs, especially of women, children, older persons, indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities, as well as of those living in vulnerable situations,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2019), para. 31
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- Reaffirming the right of everyone to have access to safe, sufficient and nutritious food, consistent with the right to adequate food and the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger, so as to be able to fully develop and maintain their physical and mental capacities, and underlining the need to make special efforts to meet nutritional needs, especially of women, children, older persons, indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities, as well as of those living in vulnerable situations,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition (2020), para. 30
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- Reaffirming the right of everyone to have access to safe, sufficient and nutritious food, consistent with the right to adequate food and the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger, so as to be able to fully develop and maintain their physical and mental capacities, and underlining the need to make special efforts to meet nutritional needs, especially of women, children, older persons, indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities, as well as of those living in vulnerable situations,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2000), para. 40
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- 26. Calls upon States and the Office of the High Commissioner to make renewed efforts to ensure that the rights, needs and dignity of elderly refugees are fully respected and addressed through appropriate programme activities;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2001), para. 48
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- 32. Calls upon States and the Office of the High Commissioner to make renewed efforts to ensure that the rights, needs and dignity of elderly refugees are fully respected and addressed through appropriate programme activities;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2002), para. 46
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- 28. Calls upon States and the Office of the High Commissioner to make renewed efforts to ensure that the rights, needs and dignity of elderly refugees are fully respected and addressed through appropriate programme activities;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2003), para. 53
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- 32. Calls upon States and the Office of the High Commissioner to make renewed efforts to ensure that the rights, needs and dignity of elderly refugees are fully respected and addressed through appropriate programme activities;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa (2004), para. 56
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- 34. Calls upon States and the Office of the High Commissioner to make renewed efforts to ensure that the rights, needs and dignity of elderly refugees are fully respected and addressed through appropriate programme activities;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
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Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly of September 2005 (2005), para. 128
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- (d) Developing and implementing a package for HIV prevention, treatment and care with the aim of coming as close as possible to the goal of universal access to treatment by 2010 for all those who need it, including through increased resources, and working towards the elimination of stigma and discrimination, enhanced access to affordable medicines and the reduction of vulnerability of persons affected by HIV/AIDS and other health issues, in particular orphaned and vulnerable children and older persons;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Older persons
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Draft outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals (2010), para. 117
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- (v) Making special efforts to meet the nutritional needs of women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities, as well as those living in vulnerable situations, through targeted and effective programming;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
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Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights (2018), para. 19
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- Welcoming the work, and taking note with appreciation of the reports, 1 of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, whose mandate includes, inter alia, conducting, facilitating and supporting the provision of advisory services, technical assistance, capacity-building and international cooperation in support of national efforts for the effective realization of the rights of older persons, and acknowledging the work of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
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Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights (2018), para. 27
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- 8. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a report, to be submitted to the Human Rights Council at its forty-first session to serve as a basis for the panel discussion, on the activities undertaken by the Office and relevant United Nations country teams and agencies, and regional organizations to support States’ efforts to promote and protect the human rights of older persons and their autonomy and independence, and address implementation gaps in national legislation, policies and programmes, including where applicable those relating to the Sustainable Development Goals, income security, the promotion of active and healthy ageing, the use of assistive technology, access to information and lifelong learning, combating all forms of discrimination against older persons, paying particular attention to older women and supporting the full integration of older persons in society and access to care, health and support services for older persons in their communities;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Women
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Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights (2019), para. 31
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- 12. Welcomes the panel discussion held pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 39/18 at its forty-first session on the theme “Technical cooperation and capacity- building in the field of the human rights of older persons”, at which participants discussed relevant issues, including national and regional efforts to combat all forms of discrimination against older persons and to promote and protect their rights, the initiatives organized by the World Health Organization for the Decade of Healthy Ageing 2020-2030 and the Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities, the potential impact of new technologies on the human rights of older persons and the importance of promoting the empowerment and meaningful participation of older persons;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
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Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (2016), para. 14
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- 5. Authorizes the Secretary-General to establish a sub-account within the Mechanism to manage, on a pay-as-you-go basis, the accrued liabilities for the after- service health insurance benefits to former staff and the accrued liabilities for the pensions of retired judges, and their surviving spouses, of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994 and the International Residual Mechanism;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
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Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (2016), para. 16
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- 7. Decides to appropriate for the biennium 2016–2017 the additional amount of 2,639,000 dollars corresponding to the requirement for the pensions of retired judges, and their surviving spouses, of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the amount of 881,100 dollars, corresponding to the requirement for the after-service health insurance benefits to former staff of the Tribunal;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
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Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (2016), para. 18
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- 9. Also requests the Secretary-General, in the context of the next budget submission for the Mechanism, to include, for the consideration of the General Assembly, alternative options for financing through the sub-account mentioned in paragraph 5 above the liabilities for the pensions of retired judges, and their surviving spouses, as well as for the after-service health insurance benefits to former staff, including through possible transfer of unspent balances following the liquidation of the Tribunals;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
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Follow-up to the International Year of Older Pe rsons: a society for all ages (2000), para. 02
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- Recalling the World Assembly on Ageing, held in Vienna in 1982, which adopted the International Plan of Action on Ageing, 1
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- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
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Follow-up to the International Year of Older Pe rsons: a society for all ages (2000), para. 03
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- Recalling also the International Conference on Ageing, which it convened on 15 and 16 October 1992 on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the International Plan of Action on Ageing, and which, inter alia, recommended the observance of the International Year of Older Persons in 1999,
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- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
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Follow-up to the International Year of Older Pe rsons: a society for all ages (2000), para. 04
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- Recalling further its resolution 53/109 of 9 December 1998 and previous resolutions on ageing and the International Year of Older Persons,
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
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Follow-up to the International Year of Older Pe rsons: a society for all ages (2000), para. 07
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- Also taking note that these population estimates and projections provide, for the first time, detailed information on the oldest of the old, which shows that the proportion of those who are eighty years of age or older will increase in all countries of the world, and illustrates two phenomena: the older the age group, the faster it grows, and the higher the proportion of older women,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Women
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Follow-up to the International Year of Older Pe rsons: a society for all ages (2000), para. 14
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- Recalling resolution 37/2 adopted by the Commission for Social Development at its thirty-seventh session, 4 in which the Commission requested the Secretary-General to solicit the views of States, non- governmental organizations and the private sector on updating the International Plan of Action on Ageing and on the desirability and feasibility of convening a review of the outcome of the World Assembly on Ageing in 2002, including the interrelationship of ageing and development,
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- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
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Follow-up to the International Year of Older Pe rsons: a society for all ages (2000), para. 16
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- 2. Emphasizes the need to address the developmental aspects of ageing with particular attention to the situation of developing countries;
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- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
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Follow-up to the International Year of Older Pe rsons: a society for all ages (2000), para. 19
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- 5. Urges the development of policies and programmes at the national, regional and international levels which respond to the rights, needs and abilities of older women;
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Women
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Follow-up to the International Year of Older Pe rsons: a society for all ages (2000), para. 21
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- 7. Requests the Economic and Social Council and all its appropriate subsidiary bodies, in particular the Commission for Social Development, as well as the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and the legislative and policy-making bodies of the concerned specialized agencies and intergovernmental organizations, to give careful consideration to the issue of ageing;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
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Follow-up to the International Year of Older Pe rsons: a society for all ages (2000), para. 25
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- 11. Encourages regional initiatives to follow up on the International Year of Older Persons and to provide inputs into the process of revision of the International Plan of Ac tion on Ageing, given the fact that different regions and countries are at different stages of population ageing and need to identify specific policy responses in order to achieve the goal of “A society for all ages”;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
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