High-level meeting on Ageing - General Assembly, 79th session.


The high-level meeting will provide an opportunity to exchange views and share experiences on the recommendations included in decision 14/1 of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, in an equitable and non-exclusive manner, and to define next steps on the challenges and opportunities regarding the rights and well-being of older persons.

Opening segment:

  • H. E. Mr. Philemon Yang, President of the General Assembly
  • Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights
  • Ms. Bjørg Sandkjær, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
  • Ms. Claudia Mahler, Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons
  • Ms. Rigbe Gebrehawaria, Commissioner for Women, Children, Older Persons and Disability Rights of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission
  • Ms. Silvia Perel-Levin, Representative of the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) and the International Longevity Centre Global Alliance (ILC GA)

Plenary segment: Interventions by Member States and observers of the General Assembly.



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