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Decade of Healthy Ageing: A Social Responsibility

Dear Colleagues,

You are kindly invited  to the event “Decade of Healthy Ageing: A Social Responsibility” that will take place Thursday, July 29th from 10:00am to 12:00pm (EDT) aiming to provide a space for experts to share their visions and experiences with different social actors interested in generating the conditions and transformations necessary for more people to achieve healthy aging, according to the Decade proposal.

This event is organized by the Diplomatic Academy of Chile (ACADE) and the National Service for the Older People (SENAMA) with the participation of Mrs. Zulma Sosa, Coordinator of Population and Development Area of the Latin American and Carribean Demographic Center (CELADE); Dr. Enrique Vega, Unit Chief for the Healthy Life Course of the Pan American Health Organization (OPS); Dr. Carmen Quintanilla, Senator of General Courts of Ciudad Real and Vice President of European Seniors’ Union; Mr. Octavio Vergara,National Director of SENAMA and Dr. Ángela Arenas, lawyer and Director of the Faculty of Law of the Finis Terrae University.

Among other issues, the panelists will address:

  • the evolution, priority areas and ways of implementing the Decade challenges related to the recognition and social leadership of older adults,
  • the fight against isolation, accentuated by COVID-19, the situation of older women living in rural areas, and national and international health strategies that protect older people from future epidemics.
  • actions and fundamental challenges to consolidate the treatment of this issue as one of the responsibilities of the entire society.

*The event will be conducted in Spanish and will have simultaneous interpretation to English and Portuguese*

Please register your attendance through this Link.

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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Ageing-NY, please visit ngocoa-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Ageing-Vienna, please visit ngoageingvie.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Ageing-Geneva, please visit ageingcommitteegeneva.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Social Development, please visit ngosocdev.org.

Sustainable Recovery pledge launch

Join the launch of the Sustainable Recovery pledge

COVID-19 continues to have a devastating effect on people and countries across the world. Not only does it take lives and affect livelihoods, economies and societies – it also poses serious threats to the enjoyment of human rights.  And it is hampering progress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

As countries are preparing to build back after the pandemic, it is important that this is done using the 2030 Agenda, grounded in States’ human rights obligations, as well as the Paris Agreement, as the blueprint. But how exactly?

Join the high-level online event on Wednesday 30 June at 2:00-3:00 PM (CEST) and follow the launch of the Sustainable Recovery Pledge which until now has backing from 39 states across the world.

Learn more & register here: humanrights.dk/events/launch-pledge-building-better-future-all-human-rights-its-heart

Among speakers will be senior UN officials and high level members of governments, including:

  • UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Michelle Bachelet
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Mr. Jeppe Kofod
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Mr. Andrés Allamand

You will also meet representatives from civil society and business alongside human rights experts. The event will have interpretation to English, Spanish and French. It will be recorded and made publicly available.

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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY, please visit ngocsd-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-Vienna, please visit ngocsdvienna.org. For more information on the NGO Committee for Rare Diseases, please visit ngocommitteerarediseases.org.

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