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The Report sets out a number of underlying principles which are applicable to older persons, importantly the participating states reaffirmed "their belief that the fundamental and inalienable rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights apply fully and undiminished to the aging." [11] The report acknowledged several sub-topics ...
According to its Annual Report for 2008, the UNFPA received its funding mainly from European governments: Of the total income of $845.3 million, $118 million was donated by the Netherlands, $67 million by Sweden, $62 million by Norway, $54 million by Denmark, $53 million by the UK, $52 million by Spain, and $19 million by Luxembourg.
The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) is one of the ten Functional Commissions of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.At its establishment by ECOSOC in October 1946, the Commission's name was "Population Commission" and in December 1994, was changed to "Commission on Population and Development".
Cutting down on calories can slow aging. A randomized controlled trial of 220 healthy men and women had study participants either reduce their calorie intake by 25% or follow a normal diet for two ...
Population pyramid of China (2018) Population ageing is an increasing median age in a population because of declining fertility rates and rising life expectancy.Most countries have rising life expectancy and an ageing population, trends that emerged first in developed countries but are now seen in virtually all developing countries.
Series of events dedicated to the Longevity Day in various countries in 2023 [12] There is an initiative to celebrate October 1 as the International Longevity Day in order to draw attention to aging as a medical challenge that requires, first of all, biomedical solution .
The government of Kenya, Denmark and UNFPA are co-convening the summit. It is a platform for all interested in the pursuit of sexual and reproductive health and rights ( SRHR ) which includes duty bearers, civil society organisations (CSOs), private sector organisation, women group, youth networks, faith base organisation etc. to discuss and ...
[19] [20] and from the 2019 revision United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2020–2025, using the medium assumption. [21] The United Nations Population Division , part of the DESA - Department of Economic and Social Affairs , [ 22 ] ranking list is based on the forecast/prediction for the years 2015-2020 and 2020-2025.