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the analysis of the social dimensions of ageing as a phenomenon and of the situatio
n of different social groups, including older persons, was part of the mandate of the
Commission for Social Development. The scope and focus of the work of the
Working Group should thus be human rights-based to enable it to fulfil its
mandate.
The announcement by the delegation of Austria with regard to the
organization of an international conference on human rights of older persons, to be
held in November 2018 in Vienna, was welcomed.
Lastly, many delegations stressed the need to support the implementati on of
the mandate of the Working Group during negotiations on the drafting of a
resolution on follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing at the seventy-
third session of the General Assembly in 2018, and the importance of securing
budgetary resources for the Working Group.
I sincerely hope that the efforts of those Member States during the
negotiation of the General Assembly resolution will have the support of the entire
membership and that the necessary conference resources will be allocated to full y
enable the Working Group to fulfil its mandate.
The Bureau will, during the intersessional period, prepare the provisional
programme of work for the tenth session, which will include a general debate, a
segment for discussing the normative input receive d with regard to the focus areas of
the ninth session, two interactive discussions on the selected focus areas and the
customary discussion on the way forward. The Bureau will also explore the possibility
of reaching a concrete negotiated outcome reflectin g the common points identified in
the discussion of the focus areas, as examined from a normative point of view.
I would like to express my appreciation to the Secretariat for its constant
support of the Working Group; the Focal Point on Ageing, Rosemary Lane; Alberto
Padova, Amal Rafeh and Lisa Ainbinder, from the Department of Economic and
Social Affairs; and Kellie Ognimba, Rio Hada and Marcos Acle from the Office of
the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. My gratitude goes also
to the secretary of the Working Group, Henry Breed. Allow me also to express my
deepest and most sincere gratitude to the former secretary of the Working Group,
Svetlana Emelina-Sarte, for her excellent and outstanding work and for the
unconditional support given to the Working Group and the Bureau during the past
seven years.
I would also like to thank the Department of General Assembly and Conference
Management for providing interpretation services support and all the conference
officers and interpreters, who serviced the session of the Working Group so
professionally.
I would like once more to express my appreciation to the distinguished
panellists for their substantive contributions to the work of this session of the
Working Group and to the representatives of the national human rights institutions,
the United Nations system and civil society for their active participation and
constructive engagement. We hope to continue to count on your valuable presence
and contributions in future sessions to help the Working Group to fulfil its mandate,
and we look forward to your enhanced participation in that regard.
Lastly, I wish to express my sincere gratitude and profound appreciation to the
distinguished Vice-Chairs and Rapporteur of the Working Group, Alanoud Qassim
M. A. Al-Temimi of Qatar, Lidija Dravec of Slovenia, Katharina Konzett -Stoffl of
Austria and Lahya Itedhimbwa Shikongo of Namibia, without whose most valuable
support and hard work and professionalism in conducting the work of the Bureau, this
session would not have been possible.