Measures to enhance the promotion and protection of the human rights and dignity of older persons A/RES/70/164 Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons: Second World Assembly on Ageing 10 and the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights of older persons, 11 Noting with appreciation the work of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, 12 and recognizing the valuable contributions of Member States, as well as relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, intergovernmental and relevant non-governmental organizations, national human rights institutions and invited panellists, during the six working sessions of the Working Group, Welcoming the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 13 and stressing the need to ensure that no one is left behind, including older persons, Noting the developments at the regional level towards the protection and promotion of the human rights of older persons, such as the Inter -American Convention on the Protection of Human Rights of Older Persons, Noting also that, between 2015 and 2030, the number of persons aged 60 years or over in the world is projected to grow by 56 per cent, from 901 million to 1.4 billion, 14 and recognizing that the increase in the number of older people will be the greatest and the most rapid in the developing world, Recognizing the essential contribution that older men and women can make to the functioning of societies and to the achievement of the 2030 Agend a, Concerned at the multiple forms of discrimination that may affect older persons and at the high incidence of poverty among them, especially older women, persons with disabilities, persons of African descent, indigenous peoples, persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, rural persons, persons living on the streets and refugees, among other groups, Noting that older women outnumber older men, and noting with concern that older women often face multiple forms of discrimination or can be victims of violence, resulting from their gender-based roles in society, compounded by their age or disability or on other grounds, which affects the enjoyment of their human rights, Recognizing that, at the international level, the diversity of policies, standards and mechanisms aimed at protecting and promoting the rights of older persons may lead to a lack of consistent protection of their rights, Recognizing also that the current approach at the international level regarding the promotion and protection of the rights and dignity of older persons may lead, on some occasions, to gaps in reporting on, and monitoring of, existing treaty obligations towards older persons, Recognizing further that the issues related to ageing are often not sufficiently visible and that further progress needs to be made in the effective enjoyment and realization of all human rights of older persons, while acknowledging the _______________ 10 A/70/185. E/2012/51 and Corr.1. 12 See A/AC.278/2015/2. 13 Resolution 70/1. 14 See Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision, Key Findings and Advance Tables (ESA/P/WP.241). 11 2/4