September 14, 2016
Statement at the 33rd Session of the Human Rights Council Independent Expert on the Rights of Older Persons
September 14, 2016
Older persons enrich society and their positive and constructive presence in society is valued. The elderly are a source of wisdom and a great resource. The quality of a society, of a civilization, may also be judged by how it treats its elderly and by the place reserved for them in communal life.
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