At the conclusion of the Fifth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing, authorities renewed their commitment to the Madrid International Plan of Action and the regional instruments that reinforce its implementation and relevance.
The Fifth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons was inaugurated today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
A new document was presented during the Fifth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The main panels of this event will be transmitted live on December 13-15, 2022. The invitation on social media is to participate in the debates using the hashtags #ageing and #olderpersons.
The meeting will take place using a hybrid format (in-person and virtual) on December 13-15, 2022 at the United Nations regional organization’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
Authorities from the region participated today in a ceremony for the Americas launch of the United Nations Decade of Healthy Aging 2021-2030, organized by the Government of Chile, ECLAC and PAHO.
Paraguay will host the fourth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held June 27-30 in Asunción.
The meeting was inaugurated by the regional commission’s Deputy Executive Secretary, Antonio Prado, and by Chile’s Undersecretary for Social Services, Juan Eduardo Faúndez.