International Day of Older Persons 2009




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International Day of Older Persons

New York, Headquarters of the UN

October 8, 2009

Morning Session

ECOSOC Chamber

The audience in the ECOSOC Chamber: Government representatives, UN Staff, NGOs, students and older persons.

Opening panel: Dr. Ann Pawliczko, UNFPA, Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the 64th session of the General Assembly, Jessica Frank López, Chair, NY NGO Committee on Ageing and Kiyotaka Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information.

Kiyotaka Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information.

Jessica Frank López, Chair, NY NGO Committee on Ageing.

Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the 64th session of the General Assembly.

Dr. Ann Pawliczko, UNFPA.

Ambassadorial Symposium: Jean-Francis Régis Zinsou, Republic of Benin, H.E. Ambassador D. Juna Antonia Yáñez-Barnuevo, Spain, Barbara Crossette, UN Correspondent for The Nation, H.E. Ambassador Mohammed F. Al-Allaf, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, H.E. Ambassador Regina Maria Cordeiro Dunlop, Brazil.

Barbara Crossette, UN Correspondent for The Nation.

Jean-Francis Régis Zinsou, Republic of Benin.

H.E. Ambassador Mohammed F. Al-Allaf, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

H.E. Ambassador D. Juna Antonia Yáñez-Barnuevo, Spain.

H.E. Ambassador Regina Maria Cordeiro Dunlop, Brazil.

Aging Activism in Action: Jack Kupferman and Valerie L. Levy, Co-Chairs IDOP 2009, Carole Holmes, Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, Canada, Senator Capri S. Cafaro, 32nd District, Ohio, US, Joan Wile, Grandmothers Against the War, NY, US.

Valerie L. Levy, Co-Chair IDOP 2009.

Senator Capri S. Cafaro, 32nd District, Ohio, US

Joan Wile, Grandmothers Against the War, NY, US.

Carole Holmes, Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, OOMAMA, Canada.

Galina Lapadatova, Cindy Le helley, Global Action on Aging (GAA) Research Associates, and Martiria Monteiro, GAA Administrative Assistant.

Veronica Lewis, Yixing Nan and Emad Karim, GAA Research Associates.

Magali Girod, GAA Program Coordinator, Yixing Nan, Veronica Lewis, Cindy Le helley, Denis Chikunov, Emad Karim, GAA Research Associates, Martiria Monteiro, GAA Administrative Assistant and Galina Lapadatova, GAA Research Associate.

Afternoon Session: Workshop Promoting Aging Activism to Assure the Rights of Older Persons

Javier Vasquez, Pan American Health Organization, Nora Berra, Secrétaire d'Etat aux Ainés, France, Susanne Paul, Global Action on Aging, Alexandre Kalache, HelpAge International.

Conference Room 9

Nora Berra, Secrétaire d'Etat aux Ainés, France.

Javier Vasquez, Pan American Health Organization

Maria Luz Melon, First Secretary Mission of Argentina to the UN, Javier Vasquez, Pan American Health Organization, Nora Berra, Secrétaire d'Etat aux Ainés, France, Susanne Paul, Global Action on Aging, Alexandre Kalache, HelpAge International.

Afternoon Session: From Rhetoric to Reality: Educating and Empowering for Implementation

Helen R. Hamlin, Board of Directors, International Federation on Ageing.

Denis Chikunov, GAA Research Associate and Helen R. Hamlin, Board of Directors, International Federation on Ageing.

Delegates Dining Room, West Terrace, 4th Floor.

Afternoon Session: Confronting Emerging Challenges: Climate Change and Aging; Providing Effective Social Services

Delegates Dining Room, 4th Floor, Dining Room #1.

Mr. Jose Miguel Guzman, Director Population and Development Branch, United Nations Population Fund, Peter Grevatt, PhD, Senior Advisor for Children's Health, Office of the Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Dr. Peter Walker, UN/NGO Representative for the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), Dr. Jennifer Rouse, Director, Division of Ageing, Ministry of Social Development, Trinidad and Tobago.