UN / WORLD SOCIAL REPORT
12-Jan-2023
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Briefing journalists today on the World Social Report 2023, The Head of the Population Division of the United Nations said, “At a time of declining trust in governments and in each other, policies that promote sustainability and equity in an aging world can foster solidarity across generations and communities.” UNIFEED
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DATELINE: 12 JANUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 12 JANUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
SHOTLIST
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UN headquarters
12 JANUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, briefers, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) John Wilmoth, Director of the Population Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA):
“At a time of declining trust in governments and in each other, policies that promote sustainability and equity in an aging world can foster solidarity across generations and communities.”
4. Wide shot, briefers, briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Shantanu Mukherjee, Director, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA):
“Countries have to be proactive to realize the potential demographic dividend of younger populations. Should they do so, then there can be lasting returns to the economy, another step in preparing for the inevitability of aging. Even though there is no one size fits all, population aging is both certain and foreseen. This means that policies can be set in place in advance provided aging is considered as central to the process of economic development and planning.”
6. Wide shot, briefers, briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniela Bas, Director of the Division for Social Policy and Development, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA):
“If countries do not act to reduce inequalities throughout people's lives, then older people in the future are increasingly likely to suffer from high economic inequality. And with aging populations in all regions, inequality and economic insecurity at older ages can jeopardize progress towards the SDGs and undermine already shaky trust in governments.”
8. Wide shot, briefers, briefing room
1. Wide shot, UN headquarters
12 JANUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, briefers, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) John Wilmoth, Director of the Population Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA):
“At a time of declining trust in governments and in each other, policies that promote sustainability and equity in an aging world can foster solidarity across generations and communities.”
4. Wide shot, briefers, briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Shantanu Mukherjee, Director, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA):
“Countries have to be proactive to realize the potential demographic dividend of younger populations. Should they do so, then there can be lasting returns to the economy, another step in preparing for the inevitability of aging. Even though there is no one size fits all, population aging is both certain and foreseen. This means that policies can be set in place in advance provided aging is considered as central to the process of economic development and planning.”
6. Wide shot, briefers, briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniela Bas, Director of the Division for Social Policy and Development, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA):
“If countries do not act to reduce inequalities throughout people's lives, then older people in the future are increasingly likely to suffer from high economic inequality. And with aging populations in all regions, inequality and economic insecurity at older ages can jeopardize progress towards the SDGs and undermine already shaky trust in governments.”
8. Wide shot, briefers, briefing room
STORYLINE
Briefing journalists today (12 Jan) on the World Social Report 2023, The Head of the Population Division of the United Nations said, “At a time of declining trust in governments and in each other, policies that promote sustainability and equity in an aging world can foster solidarity across generations and communities.”
This UN flagship report urges countries to take steps to reap the socio-economic benefits of an aging world while addressing challenges.
According to the report, population ageing is a defining global trend of our time.
Globally, a baby born in 2021 could expect to live 71 years on average almost 25 years more than a newborn from 1950.
People are living longer, and more are older than ever before, said John Wilmoth, Director of the Population Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA).
Improvements in health and survival and reductions in fertility have driven this momentous shift, which has begun or is expected to begin soon in all countries and areas.
This change brings both challenges and opportunities as countries strive to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Shantanu Mukherjee, Director of UNDESA’s Economic Analysis and Policy Division, and Daniela Bas, Director of UNDESA’s Division for Social Policy and Development, briefing reporters today, too.
Mukherjee said, “Countries have to be proactive to realize the potential demographic dividend of younger populations. Should they do so, then there can be lasting returns to the economy, another step in preparing for the inevitability of aging. Even though there is no one size fits all, population aging is both certain and foreseen. This means that policies can be set in place in advance provided aging is considered as central to the process of economic development and planning.”
Bas added, “If countries do not act to reduce inequalities throughout people's lives, then older people in the future are increasingly likely to suffer from high economic inequality. And with aging populations in all regions, inequality and economic insecurity at older ages can jeopardize progress towards the SDGs and undermine already shaky trust in governments.”
In 2022, the world marked the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing.
To commemorate this landmark, the World Social Report 2023 explores the economic and social implications of the ageing of the human population.
It builds on the Plan of Action’s framework for national policies to create equitable, inclusive societies for people of all ages, providing recommendations to put the rights and well-being of older persons at the centre, across the life course.
The World Social Report (previously Report on the World Social Situation) is prepared by UNDESA.
Over the years, the Report has served as a background document for discussion and policy analysis of socio-economic matters at the intergovernmental level and has aimed at contributing to the identification of emerging social trends of international concern and to the analysis of relationships among major development issues which have both international and national dimensions.
In its resolution 56/177 of 15 December 2001, the United Nations General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to change the periodicity of the Reports on the World Social Situation from a four-year cycle to a two-year cycle.
This UN flagship report urges countries to take steps to reap the socio-economic benefits of an aging world while addressing challenges.
According to the report, population ageing is a defining global trend of our time.
Globally, a baby born in 2021 could expect to live 71 years on average almost 25 years more than a newborn from 1950.
People are living longer, and more are older than ever before, said John Wilmoth, Director of the Population Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA).
Improvements in health and survival and reductions in fertility have driven this momentous shift, which has begun or is expected to begin soon in all countries and areas.
This change brings both challenges and opportunities as countries strive to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Shantanu Mukherjee, Director of UNDESA’s Economic Analysis and Policy Division, and Daniela Bas, Director of UNDESA’s Division for Social Policy and Development, briefing reporters today, too.
Mukherjee said, “Countries have to be proactive to realize the potential demographic dividend of younger populations. Should they do so, then there can be lasting returns to the economy, another step in preparing for the inevitability of aging. Even though there is no one size fits all, population aging is both certain and foreseen. This means that policies can be set in place in advance provided aging is considered as central to the process of economic development and planning.”
Bas added, “If countries do not act to reduce inequalities throughout people's lives, then older people in the future are increasingly likely to suffer from high economic inequality. And with aging populations in all regions, inequality and economic insecurity at older ages can jeopardize progress towards the SDGs and undermine already shaky trust in governments.”
In 2022, the world marked the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing.
To commemorate this landmark, the World Social Report 2023 explores the economic and social implications of the ageing of the human population.
It builds on the Plan of Action’s framework for national policies to create equitable, inclusive societies for people of all ages, providing recommendations to put the rights and well-being of older persons at the centre, across the life course.
The World Social Report (previously Report on the World Social Situation) is prepared by UNDESA.
Over the years, the Report has served as a background document for discussion and policy analysis of socio-economic matters at the intergovernmental level and has aimed at contributing to the identification of emerging social trends of international concern and to the analysis of relationships among major development issues which have both international and national dimensions.
In its resolution 56/177 of 15 December 2001, the United Nations General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to change the periodicity of the Reports on the World Social Situation from a four-year cycle to a two-year cycle.
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