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Eradicating poverty, including through the empowerment of women throughout their life cycle, in a globalizing world 2002, para. 7
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- The Commission on the Status of Women also welcomes the convening of the Second World Assembly on Ageing, and stresses the importance of mainstreaming a gender perspective into the preparations, work and outcome, including the Political Declaration and International Plan of Action of the Assembly, welcomes the involvement of all women in its work, and encourages the inclusion of women in delegations to the Assembly. Recognition should be given to the contribution of older women and special attention paid to their empowerment and well-being.
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Women
- Year
- 2002
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 2000, para. 98g
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- Support innovative programmes to empower older women to increase their contribution to and benefit from development and efforts to combat poverty.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Declaration / Confererence outcome document
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Women
- Year
- 2000
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons 2016, para. 5
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- Conscious of the human rights, humanitarian, development and possible peacebuilding dimensions of internal displacement, including in long-term displacement situations, the often heightened vulnerability of women and children, as well as of older persons and persons with disabilities, and the responsibilities of States and the international community to further strengthen their protection and assistance, including by respecting and protecting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all internally displaced persons, with a view to finding durable solutions,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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The contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals 2009, para. 10
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- Recognizing also that in the first stage of the demographic transition, when mortality is falling, the proportion of children increases, that in the second stage, when both fertility and mortality are falling, the proportion of adults of working age increases, and that in the third stage, when fertility and mortality reach low levels, only the proportion of older persons increases,
- Body
- Commission on Population and Development
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Older persons
- Year
- 2009
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls 2013, para. 34bb
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- [The Commission urges governments, at all levels[...] to take the following actions:] [Strengthening implementation of legal and policy frameworks and accountability]: Adopt a life-cycle approach in efforts to end discrimination and violence against women and girls, and ensure that specific issues affecting older women are given greater visibility and attention, are addressed through the fulfilment of obligations under relevant international conventions and agreements and are included in national policies and programmes to prevent and eliminate violence against women;
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Older persons
- Women
- Year
- 2013
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons 2015, para. 7
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- Conscious of the human rights, humanitarian and development dimensions, as well as the possible peacebuilding dimension, of internal displacement, including in long-term displacement situations, the often heightened vulnerability of women and children as well as older persons and persons with disabilities and the responsibilities of States and the international community to further strengthen their protection and assistance, including by respecting and protecting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all internally displaced persons, with a view to finding durable solutions,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2015
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas 1997, para. 2a
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- [Invites Member States, in their efforts to implement the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, the World Conference on Human Rights, the International Conference on Population and Development, the World Summit for Social Development, the Fourth World Conference on Women, the World Food Summit and the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), and bearing in mind the Geneva Declaration for Rural Women, to attach greater importance to the improvement of the situation of rural women, including older women, in their national development strategies, paying special attention to both their practical and strategic needs, by, inter alia:] Integrating the concerns of rural women into national development policies and programmes, in particular by placing a higher priority on budgetary allocation related to the interests of rural women;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Women
- Year
- 1997
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas 1997, para. 2b
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- [Invites Member States, in their efforts to implement the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, the World Conference on Human Rights, the International Conference on Population and Development, the World Summit for Social Development, the Fourth World Conference on Women, the World Food Summit and the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), and bearing in mind the Geneva Declaration for Rural Women, to attach greater importance to the improvement of the situation of rural women, including older women, in their national development strategies, paying special attention to both their practical and strategic needs, by, inter alia:] Strengthening national machineries and establishing institutional linkages among governmental bodies in various sectors and non-governmental organizations concerned with rural development;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Women
- Year
- 1997
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas 1997, para. 2d
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- [Invites Member States, in their efforts to implement the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, the World Conference on Human Rights, the International Conference on Population and Development, the World Summit for Social Development, the Fourth World Conference on Women, the World Food Summit and the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), and bearing in mind the Geneva Declaration for Rural Women, to attach greater importance to the improvement of the situation of rural women, including older women, in their national development strategies, paying special attention to both their practical and strategic needs, by, inter alia:] Increasing the participation of rural women in the decision-making process at the local and national levels;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Women
- Year
- 1997
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights “Protocol of San Salvador” 1988, para. b
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- Everyone has the right to special protection in old age. With this in view the States Parties agree to take progressively the necessary steps to make this right a reality and, particularly, to: b. Undertake work programs specifically designed to give the elderly the opportunity to engage in a productive activity suited to their abilities and consistent with their vocations or desires;
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Year
- 1988
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 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. 14
- Original document
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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;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Women
- Date modified
- 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:
- Topic(s)
- 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
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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,
- Topic(s)
- 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,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date modified
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- 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
- Topic(s)
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- 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
- Original document
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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;
- Topic(s)
- 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
- Original document
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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;
- Topic(s)
- 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,
- Topic(s)
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- 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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- Paragraph text
- 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;
- 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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Pattern of conferences (2017), para. 096
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- 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
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- 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
- Original document
- Paragraph text
- 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;
- Topic(s)
- 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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- Paragraph text
- 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;
- 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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