4.3 Global Response to the Welfare of Elderly People

4.3.1 Historical Development (esp. under the UN System)The line: the 1982-Vienna-International-Plan-of-Action-on-Ageing (the first-world-assembly (the ageing-the-development-issue-first-framed)) → the 1991-UN-Principles-for-Older-Persons (the 18- principles (the independence-participation-care-self-fulfilment-dignity — the five-cluster's-recall)) → the 1999-International-Year-of-Older-Persons (the "a society for all ages" (the theme-era)) → the2002-Madrid-International-Plan-of-Action-on-Ageing (the second-assembly (the three- priority-directions: the older-persons-and-development + the advancing-health-and-wellbeing-into- old-age + the ensuring-enabling-and-supportive-environments (the MIPAA's-own-trio))) → the review-cycles (the decade-reviews (the name-level)) — the soft-law's-arc (the no-binding-treaty-yet (the principles-and-plans (the honest-note (the contrast-with-the-CRC/CEDAW — the elderly's- instruments-softer)))); The demographic-backdrop: the global-ageing (the "population ageing" (the developing-countries'-fast-transition (the Nepal's-own-arc (the 60+'s-share-rising — the honest-hedged-description))).4.3.2 International Legal InstrumentsThe UN-Principles-1991 (the dignity's-core (the independence (the participation (the care (the self- fulfilment (the dignity — the five-recall)))))) + the MIPAA-2002 (the action-plan (the three- directions (the implementation-national (the Nepal's-own-commitments-in-the-review-reports))) + the ICESCR's-floor (the Art-9-security (the old-age-benefit's-treaty-core (the general-approach (the rights'-frame-applied-to-ageing (the committee's-attention (the name-level)))))) — the instruments'-menu (the principled-not-the-litigated (the soft-law's-honest-strength)).4.3.3 International InstitutionsThe UN-DESA-Ageing-programme (the focal-point (the MIPAA's-review-secretariat (the name- level))) + the WHO's-ageing-and-health (the healthy-ageing's-frame (the age-friendly-cities (the name-level))) + the civil-society's-side (HelpAge-International (the older-persons'-advocacy (the Nepal-presence (the name-level)))) — the modest-scaffold (the contrast-the-point (the children's- UNICEF vs-the-elders' thinner-frame — the institutional-honesty (the exam's-critical-note))).