Thirteenth Session
Date and Venue
The Thirteenth Session of the Working Group will be held in Conference Room 2 from 3 to 6 April 2023 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Participation of NGOs - The deadline for New NGOs applying for accreditation is 10 February 2023.
Participation of (“A” status) National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) - The deadline for NHRI application is 24 February 2023.
Participation of NGOs with ECOSOC Status and previously accredited NGOs to the OEWG - The deadline is 20 March 2023
List of NGOs Accredited to the OEWG on Ageing (coming soon)
Call for Inputs - (Deadline 20 February 2023)
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 thirteenth session, namely "Right to Health and Access to Health Services" and "Social Inclusion". 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 20 February 2023.
- Guiding Questions on the Right to Health and Access to Health Services
- Guiding Questions on Social Inclusion
- 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 “Economic Security” and the "Contribution of Older Persons to Sustainable Development.” 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 20 February 2023.
- Guiding Questions on the normative content related to “Contribution of Older Persons to Sustainable Development”
- Guiding Questions on the normative content related to “Economic Security"
Documents submitted to the Thirteenth Session:
Documents submitted by United Nations:
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