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 now CLOSED
Participation of (“A” status) National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) - The deadline is now CLOSED.
Participation of NGOs with ECOSOC Status and previously accredited NGOs to the OEWG - The deadline is now CLOSED
List of Side Events is now CLOSED
List of NGOs Accredited to the OEWG on Ageing (as of 22 March 2024)
The Opening of the Session' recording is available here
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:
- 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
- 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
- Report of the Fourteenth Session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing A/AC.278/2024/2 - English | Français | Español | Русский | عربي | 汉语
- Proposed Organization of Work - A/AC.278/2024/CRP.1
- Substantive inputs in the form of normative content for the development of a possible international standard on the focus areas “social inclusion” and “right to health and access to health services” (A/AC.278/2023/CRP.2) - Working document submitted by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Substantive Inputs on the Focus Area “Accessibility, infrastructure and habitat (transport, housing and access)” (A/AC.278/2024/CRP.3) – Working Document submitted by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
- Substantive Inputs on the Focus Area “Participation in public life and decision-making processes” (A/AC.278/2024/CRP.4) – Working Document submitted by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Documents submitted to the Fourteenth Session:
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Documents submitted by NGOs :
- Agewell Foundation, India:
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