Juan Somavía (b. 21 April1941) is a Chilean attorney. He is the Director-General of the International Labour Organization since 4 March1999. April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations to deal with labour issues. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
The only way to tap the tremendous potential of older persons, JuanSomavia said, was to provide them with genuine opportunities to go on being useful to their communities.
Somavia said that the rapid ageing of the population marked a radical change in modern human societies.
Somavia said all international actors must find positive ways to respond to the demands that older people needed to have decent work opportunities.
Somavia focused his presentation on the need to examine problems from the perspective of the people affected by them to ensure that policy mistakes are avoided.
Somavia believed parents are concerned that their children will not have the same chances as they had.
Somavia distinguished between what could be referred to as communications-related globalization, which was irreversible, from the policies that accompany globalization, namely monetary, trade and social policies, that are prone to modification.
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