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Article: Older persons `a most cherished resource', General Assembly President says in International Day Message.
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- October 2, 2003
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M2 PRESSWIRE-2 October 2003-UN: Older persons `a most cherished resource', General Assembly President says in International Day Message(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Following is the message of Julian R. Hunte, President of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly, on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons, 1 October:
It is important that we recognizethe challenges facing our global community, but more importantly, that we go beyond these challenges to take effective action to address them. The dramatic increase in the number of people worldwide that are living longer is one such challenge, and has put ...