The UN Secretariat refers to General Assembly resolution 67/139 of 20 December 2012, entitled "Towards a comprehensive and integral international legal instrument to promote and protect the rights and dignity of older persons" that decides in its operative paragraph 1 that the open-ended working group on ageing, shall, as...

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HelpAge International is currently collaborating with Handicap International on its response to the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan. We are using our joint expertise to identify the needs of the most vulnerable groups affected by the conflict in Syria, including older people and people with disabilities, to ensure their access to essential relief services, and to look at the best ways of providing further assistance to them.

opportunities to raise awareness for older people's rights in 2013

2012 annual appeal letter