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EPACHA Foundation 

Proudly Celebrates

International Day of

Older Persons

October 1st

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Though 'Youthful Years' may

seem long, long ago . . .

“Older Persons”

know how to gracefully grow.

 

Older Persons know how to wisely live.

Of good advice, Older Persons

can surely give.

“Older Persons”

can be a compass to guide . . .

Older Persons can lead in sure stride.

 

Youth can learn from

“Older Persons”

who are our aged and seasoned

Trees of Wisdom

who surely know . . . and can

surely show the 

wise and prudent way to go.

- EPAHA Foundation -

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Older Persons Have

"Human Rights!"

2023 Theme: 

"Fulfilling the Promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for 

Older Persons:  Across Generations"

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Older Persons Have

"Human Rights"

Around The World!

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Courtesy, United Nations

Seventy-five years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, a monumental document in the history of "human rights." Written by representatives from around the world with different legal, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds, it is the first document articulating the fundamental human rights that are meant to be universally protected.

 

In recognition of this milestone, and looking to a future that delivers on the promise to ensure that all persons, including all older persons, fully enjoy their human rights and fundamental freedoms, the 33rd commemoration of the United Nations International Day of Older Persons will focus on the theme of  “Fulfilling the Promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for Older Persons: Across Generations”. The event will put a spotlight on the specificity of older persons around the world, for the enjoyment of their rights and in addressing violations, and how the strengthening of solidarity through equity and reciprocity between generations offers sustainable solutions to deliver on the promise of the Sustainable Development Goals.

The work of the International Community around intergenerational solidarity has demonstrated, time and again, through various fora that intergenerational solutions, which are guided by the human rights principles of participation, accountability, non-discrimination and equality, empowerment and legality, can contribute to rekindle the legacy, relevance and activism of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by empowering both youth and older persons to shift the needle of political will towards fulfilling the promises of the Declaration for all people across generations. 

More details

Objectives of UNIDOP 2023:

 

  • To increase global knowledge and awareness of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and generate commitments among all stakeholders to strengthen the protection of the human rights of current and future generations of older persons around the world;

  • To share and learn from intergenerational models for the protection of human rights around the world; and

  • To call on Governments and UN entities to review their current practices with a view to better integrate a life course approach to human rights in their work, and to ensure the active and meaningful participation of all stakeholders, including civil society, national human rights institutions and older persons themselves, in the work on strengthening solidarity among generations and intergenerational partnerships.

Above Text Courtesy, United Nations

Learn more about UNIDOP 2023 on the following web page:

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Courtesy, United Nations

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Learn more about the

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

A Question for the World's

Children & Youth . . .

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Image Courtesy:  Photo illustrations by Zachary Scott for The New York Times. Hair and Makeup:

Bruce Spaulding Fuller, Aimee Macabeo, Stephanie Daniel. Wardobe: Gillean McLeod.

Set and Props: Patrick Muller. Retouching: Electric Art, Amy Dresser.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/magazine/what-if-age-is-nothing-but-a-mind-set.html

Did you know that "younger persons"

have a responsibility to care for 

"OLDER PERSONS?" 

WHY?

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Because one day "younger persons"

will also become "older persons"

needing care in older age

with the protection of 

"HUMANS RIGHTS!"

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Remember:

All Nations - great and small -

MUST ADHERE TO & ENSURE

THE "HUMAN RIGHTS"

OF OLDER PERSONS

in every place

Around the World!

- EPACHA Foundation -

EPACHA's Special Tribute to . . .

Older Persons

Around the World!

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Are you considering the needs

of the many millions of

“Older Persons”

around the world . . .

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Who were once little boys

and girls?

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Are you honoring "Older Persons"

and 

showing gratitude as you should . . .

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. . . in your Nations / Countries –

in your families and local

neighborhoods?

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Are you aware of the many

arduous pathways that

“Older Persons”

have labored to pave

so that we who are younger

can have a much better life?

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Do you know of the

h i s t o r i c   b a t t l e s . . .

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and many, many

s  a  c  r  i  f  i  c  e  s  .  .  .

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“Older Persons”

with honor did brave

and

un-begrudgingly gave?

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Let’s now ask ourselves

some very important

 QUESTIONS?

“Toward Older Persons . . .

How do we behave?”

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Do we treat elderly

“Seniors”

with deserving kindness?

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Do we treat them with utmost respect?

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Or do we carelessly cast them aside

to utter poverty and neglect?

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Do we abandon them to homelessness?

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Do we ever think about their

emotional well-being?

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Do we provide proper medical care?

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Do we think about their loneliness?

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Do we make them Happy . . .

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Or do we make them cry . . .

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. . . with sorrowful tears and sufferings

until they die.

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Do you know that

“Humanity as a whole”

have a responsibility to . . .  

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“Older Persons”

in every place 

Around the World?!

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From generation-to-generation . . .

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little girls and little boys

grow-up to be . . .

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“Older Persons!”

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So let’s all begin to make

some quality noise!

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It’s time to let our voices be heard in

every place loud and clear  . . .

for the safety, health and

overall well-being of . . .

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“Older Persons”

everywhere!

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- EPAHA Foundation -

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Learn more about . . .

"International Day of Older Persons"

on the following United Nations web page:

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If you’ve missed the work of EPACHA in its Phase I duration, please be encouraged to click on the below web links.

Sincerest Thanks are Extended to http://archive.org/web/ for having made possible an archived viewing of

 

EPACHA Foundation’s entire volume of its Phase I web pages:

https://web.archive.org/web/20180321225044/http://www.epacha.org/Pages/Home_Page_BkUp3.aspx

Complete List of EPACHA - Phase I web pages:

https://web.archive.org/web/20180321224129/http://www.epacha.org/Pages/Site_Map_List_of_EPACHAs_Web_Pages.aspx

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