{"id":3298,"date":"2026-07-16T22:07:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3298"},"modified":"2026-07-16T22:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:09:58","slug":"first-session-of-the-intergovernmental-working-group-on-older-persons","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/first-session-of-the-intergovernmental-working-group-on-older-persons\/","title":{"rendered":"First session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on Older Persons"},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3298","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-news","news_tags-breaking","news_tags-news","news_tags-publications","news_tags-statements"],"acf":{"hidden_news":"no","evidence":"yes","focus_on":"yes","breaking":"yes","cover_image_copyrighted":false,"news_content":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">On 14 July 2026, the 1st session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on Older Persons was held in Geneva.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">The delegation delivered a <a href=\"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/07\/intervention-1st-session-of-the-Intergovernmental-Working-Group-on-Older-Persons.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> welcoming the draft instrument and highlighting the Order of Malta&#8217;s medico-social work with older persons in 120 countries. It called for integrating climate change into the negotiations, recognising older persons&#8217; right to freely practice their faith, ensuring AI serves human dignity, and mandating age-disaggregated data without upper limits.<\/p>\n","news_gallery":"no","news_cover":{"id":3303,"url":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/07\/PHOTO-2026-07-16-20-08-07.jpg"}},"news_categories":[{"id":10,"name":"News","slug":"news","description":"","link":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news-categories\/news\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/3298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/3298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3304,"href":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/3298\/revisions\/3304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unmissionge.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}