Panel Discussion on Older Persons - 15th Meeting…

Panel discussion on the human rights of older persons in the context of climate change---<SPEAKERS>--- Ms. Michelle Bachelet, High Commissioner for Human Rights--Ms. Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction--Ms. Claudia Mahler, Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons--Mr. Saleemul Huq, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development--Ms. Katharina Rall, Senior Environment Researcher, Human Rights Watch--Mr. Handaine Mohamed, Expert on issues of climate change and indigenous peoples in Africa--Ms. Bärbel Kofler, Germany– Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance at the Federal Foreign Office--European Union (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Rocco Polin--Viet Nam (on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations), Ms. Le Thi Tuyet Mai--Azerbaijan (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement), Ms. Marziyya Vakilova-Mardaliyeva--Viet Nam (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Le Thi Tuyet Mai--Cameroon (on behalf of the Group of African States), Mr. Salomon Eheth--European Union, Mr. Rocco Polin--Bahamas (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. DeAndra V. Cartwright--Ecuador (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Alejandro Davalos--Slovenia (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Urša Ponikvar--Qatar, Mr. Ibrahim Sultan Al-Hashmi--Luxembourg, Mr. Marc Bichler--Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, Ms. Karen Gomez Dumpit--International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, Ms. Silvia Perel-Levin--Conselho Indigenista Missionário (CIMI), Mr. Paulo Lugon Arantes--Maldives, Mr. Asim Ahmed--Mauritius, Ms. Tejaswinee Burumdoyal--Morocco, Mr. Ali Jaakik--Nepal, Mr. Uttam K. Shahi--Pakistan--Timor-Leste, Mr. Francisco Fernandes--Mozambique, Ms. Laurinda Banze--Marshall Islands, Ms. Doreen de Brum--United States of America, Mr. Phillip Riblett--United Nations Environment Programme, Mr. Soo-Young Hwang--Slovenia, Mr. Klemen Ponikvar--Fiji, Mr. Augustine Sokimi--Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines, Ms. Karen Gomez Dumpit--International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations, Mr. Jan Lönn--Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) (Joint Statement), Ms. Estelle Le Touze--Ms. Claudia Mahler, Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons --Mr. Saleemul Huq, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development--Ms. Katharina Rall, Senior Environment Researcher, Human Rights Watch--Mr. Handaine Mohamed, Expert on issues of climate change and indigenous peoples in Africa