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Press Release ECE/PAU/08/P01, Geneva, 4 December 2008:

UNECE member States join forces to design societies for all ages
Newly constituted Working Group on Ageing adopts programme of work

 

The world population is passing through a demographic transition. Ageing is
going to be the distinctive trait of this century, with the share of older
individuals in the population ever increasing. While ageing represents a triumph of medical, social and economic advances, it also presents challenges to existing systems of social support and affects virtually all domains of society. Member countries of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) gave new momentum to the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and its Regional Implementation Strategy by joining forces in the Working Group on Ageing. The Working Group met for its constituent meeting in Geneva, 1-2 December and adopted an ambitious programme of work to tackle the challenges of ageing societies in Europe, North America and Central Asia.