Second World Assembly on Ageing

The next event of United nations, after the International Conference on Financing for Development, held from March 18 to 22 in Monterey (Mexico), will be the Second World Assembly on Ageing, that will be celebrated from April 8 to 12 in Madrid.

In resolution 54/262, the General Assembly of the United Nations decided to convene the Second World Assembly on Ageing in 2002, on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the first World Assembly on Ageing which was held in Vienna in 1982.

The Government of Spain will host the Second World Assembly on Ageing in Madrid, from 8 to 12 April 2002. The Assembly will be devoted to the overall review of the outcome of the first World Assembly, and to the adoption of a revised plan of action including a long-term strategy on ageing, in the context of a society for all ages.

Date of publication: 22/03/2002

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