Check out statement made by the International Federation on Ageing at the closing of the United Nations DPI/NGO Conference on “We the peoples...Together Finding Global Solutions for Global Problems” (22-23 August 2018):  “... do young people suffer from discrimination, violence and abuse?  Yes.  Older persons too...  do young people find it difficult to get a job?  Yes.  Older persons too…. At what age is a person of no value?   At what point in a person’s life should she or he be considered of no consequence?  .....”   Statement attached here