r1 gives me great pleasure on this International Day of Older Persons to join you in celebrating the launch of the International Year of Older Persons. I am especially pleased to know that nongovernmental organizations are here in full strength alongside governments. We see again the unique ability of the United Nations to promote partnerships of the like-minded, and to serve as a place where we, the peoples can come together to address key global issues. We live in an age to which many labels have been attached: it is the post-Cold War age; the postindustrial age; the age of the Internet; the age of globalization. Let me add one more today, for our time is also, undeniably, the age of longevity. In the course of considering my remarks here today, I learned some remarkable facts:
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Kofi Annan (1999) studied this question.