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for the purpose of strengthening the protection
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Fourteenth Session

Date and Venue

The Fourteenth Session of the Working Group will be held from 20 to 22 and 24 May 2024, Conference Room 2, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Participation of NGOs - The deadline for New NGOs applying for accreditation is 1 April 2024

Participation of (“A” status) National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) - The deadline for NHRI application is 19 April 2024

Participation of NGOs with ECOSOC Status and previously accredited NGOs to the OEWG - The deadline is 10 May 2024

Online Application Form for Side Events - The deadline is 1 April 2024

List of NGOs Accredited to the OEWG on Ageing (as of 22 March 2024)

Call for Inputs - CLOSED

The Chair of the General Assembly Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons, invites Members of the Working Group, “A” status National Human Rights Institutions, non-governmental organizations with ECOSOC Status and previously accredited organizations to the Working Group, as well as United Nations Funds, Programmes, Specialized Agencies and other UN Entities, to provide:

1. Substantive inputs on the two focus areas of the fourteenth session, namely: “Accessibility, infrastructure and habitat (transport, housing and access)” and “Participation in public life and decision-making processes”. Please refer to the Guiding Questions on each of the focus areas. Inputs should be in English and of no more than 800 words per focus area. Please send inputs to ageing@un.org by 12 April 2024.

• Guiding Questions on Accessibility, infrastructure and habitat (transport, housing and access)
• Guiding Questions on Participation in public life and decision-making processes

2. Substantive inputs, in the form of normative content for the development of a possible international standard on the protection of the rights of older persons to “Social inclusion” and “Right to health and access to health services”. Please refer to the Guiding Questions on each of the focus areas. Inputs should be in English and of no more than 800 words per focus area. Please send inputs to ageing@un.org by 12 April 2024.

• Guiding Questions on Social Inclusion
• Guiding Questions on the Right to Health and Access to Health Services

Fourteenth Session Communications and Documents

• Provisional Agenda - A/AC.278/2024/1 - English | Français | Español | Русский | عربي | 汉语
• Proposed Organization of Work - A/AC.278/2024/CRP.1

Links to submissions from:

• Member States
• Permanent Observers: Non-Member States
• Inter-Governmental Organizations (IGOs)
• "A-Status" National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)
• Accredited Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
• United Nations System