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Catch up on the developments on the 2nd day and the conclusion of the Organisational Meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group on Older Persons with our second day Daily Bulletin!

The drafting process of the new UN convention has begun! #IGWG1

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Want to know what happened on the first day at #IGWG1 in Geneva? Catch up with our Daily Bulletin:
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Members of our global network gathered yesterday with our friends from National Human Rights Institutions for our preparation day ahead of the #IGWG1 It is exciting to see this convention drafting process finally begin in Geneva! #EqualVoicesEqualRights

Thank you so much for joining us and sharing your expertise and insights! We appreciated your support and contributions very much #IGWG1

1st Meeting, Organizational Meeting of Intergovernmental Working Group on older persons The Intergovernmental Working Group on older persons is an open-ended intergovernmental body. Its primary mandate is to elaborate a comprehensive, internationally legally binding instrument on the hum...

The Organisational Meeting of the new Intergovernmental Working Group on Older Persons is starting now. Follow live on @unwebtv.bsky.social and look out for our updates! #IGWG1

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4️⃣ Civil society and some Member States continued to call for greater #transparency, but countries declined to revisit engagement modalities & chose to stick to #IGWG1 rules. A disappointing outcome given an earlier commitment to explore observer access.