2009 AARP-UN Briefing Series on Global Aging

In Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the International Year of Older Persons

Location:

Delegates Dining Room, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY

Date/Time:

February 3, 2009 - February 4, 2009

Full conference proceedings now available.

AARP, in cooperation with the United Nations Programme on Ageing, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), organized a series of briefings from 3 to 4 February 2009. These events commemorated the 10th anniversary of the International Year of Older Persons. Simultaneously, the UN Commission for Social Development devoted its forty-seventh session (4-13 February 2009) to discussions on the priority theme of Social Integration, including intergenerational integration.

To inform the discussions of the UN Commission for Social Development and to provide the background to some of the unprecedented major trends in global aging, AARP worked with UNDESA to convene two luncheon briefings to bring together government delegates, NGOs, foundations, and academics to discuss the theme of the 2009 UN Commission for Social Development and its relation to older persons. The AARP-UN Briefing Series on Global Aging was held in the United Nations Delegates Dining Room at UN Headquarters in New York City.

As the theme of the 2009 UN Commission for Social Development was "Social Integration," the 2009 briefing series focused on how policy can reduce inequalities, promote access to basic services, education, and health care, and increase the participation and integration of social groups including older persons. A framework to promote the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing was also considered.