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Special subjects relating to the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019 (2018), para. 161
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- 9. Notes with concern the issues identified in the report of the Board of Auditors regarding the implementation of the Integrated Pension Administration System, requests the Pension Board to address these issues, and looks forward to receiving an update on progress thereon in the context of the next report of the Pension Board;
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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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,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations pension system (2011), para. 04
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- 1. Takes note of the report of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board for 2010, 1 in particular the actions taken by the Board as set out in chapter II.B of the report;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Managing after-service health insurance liabilities (2014), para. 9
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- 5. Requests the Secretary-General to undertake a survey of current health- care plans for active and retired staff within the United Nations system, to explore all options to increase efficiency and contain costs and to report thereon at its seventieth session.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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United Nations pension system (2015), para. 31
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- 22. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the investments of the Fund and measures taken to increase the diversification of the Fund 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 added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Pattern of conferences (2014), para. 111
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- 94. Notes with appreciation the measures taken by the Secretary-General, in accordance with its resolutions, to address, among other things, the issue of the replacement of retiring staff in the language services, and requests the Secretary- General to maintain and intensify those efforts, including the strengthening of cooperation with institutions that train language specialists, in order to meet the needs in the six official languages of the United Nations;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Multilingualism (2015), para. 52
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- 38. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to complete the task of uploading all important older United Nations documents to the United Nations website in all six official languages on a priority basis so that those archives are also made available to Member States through that medium;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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The human rights of older persons (2012), para. 13
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- 5. Calls upon all States to enhance their existing mechanisms related to the protection and promotion of human rights for older persons, including by adopting, as appropriate, legal or other dedicated mechanisms;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Pattern of conferences (2015), para. 118
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- 102. Encourages the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to seek additional voluntary contributions for the digitization of important older United Nations documents;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2013), para. 12
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- 4. 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;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2003), para. 17
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- 13. Welcomes the initiatives of the regional commissions to review the objectives and recommendations of the Madrid Plan of Action, with a view of translating it into regional plans of action, and to assist national institutions, upon request, in implementing and monitoring their actions on ageing;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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International financial system and development (2019), para. 11
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- Recognizing that the remaining effects of the world financial and economic crisis have the potential to undermine debt sustainability and progress towards achieving the internationally agreed development goals, especially in developing countries, and stressing the need to avoid the recurrence of such crises, including by addressing the lessons learned, improving confidence, sustaining economic growth and promoting full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including young people, older persons and people with disabilities, and by continuing to promote global economic stability and the underlying institutional reforms required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals,
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2013), para. 33
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- 25. Encourages the international community, including international and bilateral donors, to enhance international cooperation to support national efforts to eradicate poverty, in keeping with internationally agreed goals, in order to achieve sustainable and adequate social and economic support for older persons, while bearing in mind that countries have the primary responsibility for their own economic and social development;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2004), para. 09
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- 2. Also takes note of the road map for the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002, contained in the report of the Secretary-General;
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2011), para. 19
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- 15. 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, national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights where applicable;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2020), para. 42
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- 23. Recommends that Governments be inclusive in involving older persons and their organizations in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of policies and programmes that affect them, including through simple consultative mechanisms to co-research or co-design such policies and programmes with or by older persons and to take due account of involving those who experience multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and are particularly vulnerable to high incidences of poverty and social exclusion;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons: Second World Assembly on Ageing (2001), para. 06
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- Reiterating that the Second World Assembly on Ageing should give particular attention, inter alia, to linkages between ageing and development, with particular attention to the needs, priorities and perspectives of developing countries,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2010), para. 22
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- 18. Also encourages the international community to support national efforts to forge stronger partnerships with civil society, including organizations of older persons, academia, research foundations, community-based organizations, including caregivers, and the private sector, in an effort to help to build capacity on ageing issues;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2007), para. 14
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- 8. Recommends that ongoing efforts to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 6 take into account the situation of older persons;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Pattern of conferences (2017), para. 129
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- 113. Notes with appreciation the measures taken by the Secretary-General, in accordance with its resolutions, to address, among other things, the issue of the replacement of retiring staff in the language services, and requests the Secretary - General to maintain and intensify those efforts, including the strengthening of cooperation with institutions that train language specialists, in order to meet the needs in the six official languages of the United Nations;
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2018), para. 29
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- 16. Invites Member States to identify key priority areas for the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action, including empowering older persons and promoting their rights, raising awareness of ageing issues and building national capacities to address ageing;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2010), para. 19
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- 15. 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;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2011), para. 24
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- 20. Encourages the international community to enhance international cooperation to support national efforts to eradicate poverty, in keeping with internationally agreed goals, in order to achieve sustainable social and economic support for older persons;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (2014), para. 55
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- 36. 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 added
- Feb 25, 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. 06
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- Recognizing that different efforts made to increase cooperation and integration and increasing awareness of and sensitivity to ageing issues since the adoption of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002, 7 by Governments, relevant bodies of the United Nations system and civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, have not been sufficient to promote full and effective participation by and opportunities for older persons in economic, social, cultural and political life,
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2006), para. 13
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- 8. Invites the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council to integrate the issues of population and individual ageing into their work in order to promote implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2015), para. 29
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- 16. 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 added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Pattern of conferences (2015), para. 115
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- 99. Welcomes the efforts of the Secretariat on the digitization of important older United Nations documents, and requests the Secretary-General to propose ways to accelerate the implementation of this work and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its seventieth session;
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Conditions of service and compensation for officials other than Secretariat officials: members of the International Court of Justice, judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (2004), para. 54
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- (d) Judges who have served a term of four years and who retire in 1999 or 2000 shall receive an increase in their pension as follows. As noted above, judges retiring in 1999 shall receive an annual pension of 26,500 dollars. Their annual pension shall be increased to 31,000 dollars in 2000 and to 35,500 dollars in 2001. Judges retiring in 2000 shall receive an annual pension of 31,000 dollars. The pension shall be increased to 35,500 dollars in 2001;
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing (2014), para. 13
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- 1. Reaffirms the Political Declaration 1 and the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002; 2
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Older persons
- Date added
- Feb 25, 2020
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