Happy IDOP everyone! Oh, you didn’t know that the United Nations implemented October 1st as the International Day of Older Persons 16 years ago? Well, it’s true. Lots of information available online about the UN Program on Ageing. The opening remark by the Secretary General pretty well sums up what it is all about.
“I am only one of 600 million persons in the world over the age of 60. As people across the globe come to live increasingly longer lives, our entire human family has a stake in encouraging and easing a productive, active and healthy ageing process. The whole world stands to gain from an empowered older generation, with the potential to make tremendous contributions to the development process and to the work of building more productive, peaceful and sustainable societies.”
