A Sympathetic Lens on Ordinary People - by Julie Salamon http://www.changemakers.net/library/temp/nytimes061603.cfm Milton Rogovin is 93 years old in 2003. Mr. Rogovin had been an optometrist in Buffalo, when in 1958 he was summoned before the House Un-American Activities Committee and declared "the Top Red in Buffalo" by a local newspaper. His optometry practice fell apart; parents forbade their children to play with his children. As a distraction he began taking photographs in storefront churches whose parishioners were mainly African-American, with a professor friend who was recording music there. When the project was over, Mr. Rogovin kept taking pictures, concentrating on Buffalo's dispossessed. Eventually he expanded his range to poor and working people around the world. Now Mr. Rogovin is rightly regarded as one of this country's most important social-documentary photographers, in the tradition of Walker Evans and Margaret Bourke-White. The most striking aspect of Mr. Rogovin's evocative work is its utter naturalism. While he captured many people in bleak surroundings, his photographs reflect no condescension or pity — or prettification — but rather an appreciation of the lives being shown. "The artistry was the least of my interest. I just saw photographs of people. Ordinary people interested me so much, and I wanted someone to pay attention to them." Aging: Small Is Beautiful By Claudia Kalb and Vanessa Juarez http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8682443/site/newsweek/ http://www.edenalt.com/welcome.htm This Newsweek article describes the venture launched by Dr. Bill Thomas, Geriatrician, SUNY Upstate Medical Center, founder of the "Eden Alternative" and the National Greenhouse Project, Ashoka Fellow, and author of "What Are Old People For: How Elders Will Save the World." The Eden Alternative has the potential of remaking the experience of aging and disability across America and around the world. It is a powerful tool for improving quality of life. To make that happen, the Eden Alternative teaches others how they can use its principles to transform the communities in which they work. It creates coalitions of people and organizations that are committed to creating better social and physical environments for people. Contact Information: The Eden Alternative 742 Turnpike Rd. Sherburne, N.Y.   13460 U.S.A. Telephone: 907.747.4888   Fax: 607.674.6723 Email: contact@edenalt.com Alzheimer's Research Mines Pockets of Memory - by Susan Okie http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/health/seniors/stories/alzheimers090799.htm This Washington Post article reports on research evaluating the use of video as an experimental "treatment" for Alzheimer's disease at the Washington Home, a long-term care facility in northwest Washington, D.C. Psychiatrist Gene D. Cohen of George Washington University Medical School is trying to learn whether fragments of the past, presented in the form of video biographies, can help anchor Alzheimer's patients in the present – by orienting them, triggering memories and making it easier for them to interact with family members and caregivers. Friend of the dead - by Peter Lennon, The Guardian http://society.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4418487,00.html This May 2002 article from The Guardian tells the story of a remarkable woman in London who attends to the final stage of life of people who die without family or other support. Her work is the subject of the documentary "Old." Global Aging: The Challenge of Success By Kevin Kinsella and David R. Phillips http://www.prb.org/Template.cfm?Section=PRB&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=12474 http://www.prb.org/ This March 2005 Population Bulletin addresses many issues that fall under these overarching priorities. It examines the causes of global population aging and considers related dimensions such as the importance of health improvements and extended life expectancy for the individual well-being of older people and for social costs related to health care. Aging in place and care in the community have become watch-phrases for policy in many countries. These concepts imply that older people should be able to live in their own homes or in small institutions as long as possible and that, while institutional care should be available when necessary, it should be a last resort. Care in the community and aging in place may remain key policy levers if more older people live longer and healthier lives. Contact Information: Population Reference Bureau 1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 520 Washington, D.C.   20009-5728 U.S.A. Telephone: 202.483.1100   Fax: 202.328.3937 Email: popref@prb.org Old-age support in developing countries: labor supply, intergenerational transfers and living arrangements: Still working into old age - the Indonesian perspective - by Lisa Cameron and Deborah A. Cobb Clark http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/age/iza.htm Without broad-based public pension schemes, the majority of the elderly in developing countries are left to rely on their own current and accumulated earnings and support from children as means of old-age support. Notable Feature(s): Eldis ageing populations resource centre. Contact Information: Tracy Zussman-Kay, Ageing Editor Eldis Programme at Institute of Development Studies University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9RE UK Telephone: +44 (0)1273 877330   Fax: +44 (0)1273 621202 Email: t.e.zussman@ids.ac.uk Replacement Migration: Is It a Solution to Declining and Ageing Populations? http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/migration/migration.htm United Nations projections indicate that over the next 50 years, the populations of virtually all countries of Europe as well as Japan will face population decline and population ageing. The new challenges of declining and ageing populations will require comprehensive reassessments of many established policies and programmes, including those relating to international migration. Focusing on these two striking and critical population trends, the report considers replacement migration for eight low-fertility countries (France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and United States) and two regions (Europe and the European Union). Replacement migration refers to the international migration that a country would need to offset population decline and population ageing resulting from low fertility and mortality rates. Notable Feature(s): Report available online in English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. Contact Information: Joseph Chamie, Director Population Division United Nations 2 United Nations Plaza, Rm. DC2-1950, New York   NY 10017 USA Telephone: + 1-212-963-3179   Fax: + 1-212-963-2147 The Ageing of the World's Population http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/ageing/agewpop.htm http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/ageing Over the past few years, the world's population has continued on its remarkable transition path from a state of high birth and death rates to one characterized by low birth and death rates. At the heart of that transition has been the growth in the number and proportion of older persons. Such a rapid, large and ubiquitous growth has never been seen in the history of civilization. Notable Feature(s): Second World Assembly on Ageing, April 2002, in Madrid, Spain. Contact Information: United Nations / Division for Social Policy and Development UN Programme on Ageing - The United Nations Secretariat For the World Assembly on Ageing - Room DC2-1358 2 UN Plaza New York, NY   10017 USA Email: social@un.org The Global Baby Bust - by Phillip Longman http://www.newamerica.net/index.cfm?pg=article&pubID=1577 Philip Longman presents data and analysis on declining birthrates in many countries and the impacts that are likely to follow. "Some 59 countries, comprising roughly 44 percent of the world’s total population, are currently not producing enough children to avoid population decline, and the phenomenon continues to spread. By 2045, according to the latest UN projections, the world’s fertility rate as a whole will have fallen below replacement levels." Declining fertility rates at first bring a “demographic dividend.” That dividend has to be repaid, however, if the trend continues. Although at first the fact that there are fewer children to feed, clothe, and educate leaves more for adults to enjoy, soon enough, if fertility falls beneath replacement levels, the number of productive workers drops as well, and the number of dependent elderly increase. And these older citizens consume far more resources than children do. Even after considering the cost of education, a typical child in the United States consumes 28 percent less than the typical working-age adult, whereas elders consume 27 percent more, mostly in health-related expenses. Notable Feature(s): More on declining population in Longman's book The Empty Cradle: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity. AARP Internet Guide http://www.aarp.org/cyber/guide1.htm Contact Information: Mary Hartz AARP Research Information Center 601 E St., NW, Washington, D.C.   20049 USA Email: mhartz@aarp.org About Ageing and Life Course - program of World Health Organization http://www.who.int/hpr/ageing/index.htm This site provides an introduction to WHO's programs in aging and their import for developing countries. WHO's statistical perspective adds emphasis: "In 1993, 200 million of the world's total of 356 million persons over 65 were in developing countries. By 2020 seven of the ten countries with the largest elderly populations will be in the developing world." Contact Information: Ageing and Life Course programme Department of NCD Prevention & Health Promotion World Health Organization Avenue Appia 20 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland Fax: +41 22 791 4839 Email: activeageing@who.int Age Concern http://www.ace.org.uk/ In its role as the National Council on Ageing, Age Concern England brings together the network of 1400 local Age Concern organisations and over 100 national organisations in the UK (including the main professional bodies and pensioner organisations), making it the leading charitable movement in the UK concerned with ageing and older people. Age Concern co-ordinates a number of initiatives which promote healthier lifestyles, provides older people with opportunities to give the experience of a lifetime back to their communities, and encourages interaction between the young and old in order to break down stereotypes. Contact Information: Steve Briscoe, Head of Corporate Partnerships Age Concern England Astral House, 1268 London Road London SW16 4ER UK Telephone: 020 8765 7200   Fax: 020 8765 7211 Email: InfoDep@ace.org.uk briscos@ace.org.uk Age of Innovation http://www.ageofinnovation.org/ http://www.LeadWithExperience.org/ Civic Ventures is a think tank and an incubator, generating ideas and inventing programs to help society achieve the greatest return on experience. Founded in the late 1990s by social entrepreneurs John Gardner and Marc Freedman, Civic Ventures is reframing the debate about aging in America and redefining the second half of life as a source of social and individual renewal. Through research, publishing, conferences, and media outreach, Civic Ventures reports on the growth of the experience movement. Through programs and consulting, Civic Ventures brings together older adults with a passion for service and helps stimulate opportunities for using their talents to advance the greater good. In these ways, Civic Ventures is helping America realize an experience dividend. The organization's latest initiative is the launch of the Purpose Prize, which garnered broad press coverage when it was announced in November 2005: Nominations are now open for The Purpose Prize, five $100,000 investments in Americans over the age of 60 who are combining their passion, creativity, experience, and entrepreneurial skills to tackle issues of social significance. The Purpose Prize is part of a new national initiative to inspire and encourage millions of Americans to use their experience for the greater good as they reach the cusp of what once was called "retirement." Notable Feature(s): The Purpose Prize; Experience Corps; The Next Chapter; Still Working. Contact Information: Marc Freedman Civic Ventures 139 Townsend St., Ste. 505 San Francisco, California   94107 U.S.A. Telephone: 415.430.0141   Fax: 415.430.0144 Email: info@civicventures.org mfreedman@civicventures.org Ageing Populations - Eldis Resources http://www.eldis.org/cf/search/index.cfm?keywords=aging&resource=f1 This Eldis Gateway site provides updated news, policy, programs, and highlights about ageing from around the world. Contact Information: Tracy Zussman-Kay, Ageing Editor Email: t.e.zussman@ids.ac.uk Aging Network Resources http://www.aoa.gov/prof/notes/notes.asp The Aging Internet Information Notes are intended to empower users to explore Internet resources and find information and sites beyond those identified. More than 60 aging topics are currently represented in this series. Notes begin with a brief description of the subject area, followed by two options for downloading: Portable Document Format (PDF) or a Microsoft WORD version. Both versions offer Web pages with URLs and hyperlinks organized by public interest subtopic or intended audience. An effort is made to include sites with information useful to consumers, policy planners, program development staff, state service providers, professionals working with older adults, students, teachers and researchers, media and business. The development of Internet Information Notes is an on-going activity that benefits from the comments and suggestions of site visitors. Notable Feature(s): Useful links to the Aging Network; the Aging & Disability Resource Centers; International Aging and more. Contact Information: Center for Communication and Consumer Services U.S. Administration on Aging Washington, DC   20201 USA Telephone: 202.619.0724   Fax: 202.357.3523 Email: aoainfo@aoa.gov Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) http://www.alz.co.uk/ This site is a good starting point for global information and networking possibilities around all the issues associated with Alzheimer's disease. ADI is an umbrella organisation of national Alzheimer Associations around the world whose main purpose is to improve the quality of life of people with dementia and their careers and to raise awareness of the disease. ADI is in official relations with the World Health Organization. Notable Feature(s): On-line, Global Perspective - Quarterly newsletter; free booklets on how to start an Alzheimer's Association (incl. Spanish version), how to influence public policy; fact sheets; global statistics; links. Contact Information: Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) 45 / 46 Lower Marsh London SE1 7RG UK Telephone: +44 20 7620 3011   Fax: +44 20 7401 7351 Email: info@alz.co.uk American Society on Aging http://www.asaging.org/ Contact Information: American Society on Aging 833 Market St., Suite 511 San Francisco, CA   94103 USA Email: info@asa.asaging.org Dignity Foundation http://www.dignityfoundation.com/text.html In 1995 an organization was set up by Sheilu Sreenivasan (elected an Ashoka Fellow in 2003) to cater to the needs of the elderly, starting with the publication of the magazine Dignity Dialogue. In a year's time the organization grew to add services along with the magazine and came to be called Dignity Foundation. The foundation is premised upon scientific developments in the fields of Geriatry and Gerontology. It offers structural opportunities to exercise the choice of how to live young in chronologically advancing years. The goals of the Dignity Foundation are two-fold. One is to rid the minds of the senior citizens of the fear that age means decline and retirement means loneliness, isolation, and loss of prestige. The foundation works assiduously to re-instill in the elderly minds the confidence that age and productivity are not mutually exclusive. It does this by utilizing their experience and maturity in activities that serve the needs of the community. The other goal is achieved by attending to the needs of the elderly whose social support systems have weakened or are nonexistent. The philosophy of productive ageing propagated by Dignity Foundation has found practical acceptance in a very large measure in Mumbai city and other cities that have a clientele of magazine subscribers. In Mumbai alone over a thousand senior citizen volunteers participate actively in the services provided by the Foundation. The volunteers range in age from 50 to 85. Notable Feature(s): Access to Dignity Dialogue article archives; Summer 2004 article "Scaling the Walls" in Stanford Social Innovation Review on the foundation's success in developing and implementing a government-sponsored, volunteer-supported program of ID cards for seniors, the first and so far only state program that helps to ensure services and protections for senior citizens in India. Contact Information: Sheilu Sreenivasan Email: dignity@vsnl.com DyingWell.org http://www.dyingwell.org/ http://www.missoulademonstration.org/ This site provides a wealth of resources for the aging and the dying, their families and friends. DyingWell.org is an initiative of Dr. Ira Byock, a leading practitioner of innovative hospice and palliative care. Through my years as a hospice doctor, I have learned that dying does not have to be agonizing. Physical suffering can always be alleviated. People need not die alone: many times the calm, caring presence of another can soothe a dying person's anguish. I think it is realistic to hope for a future in which nobody has to die alone and nobody has to die with his pain untreated. But comfort and companionship are not all there is. I have learned from my patients and their families a surprising truth about dying: this stage of life holds remarkable possibilities. Despite the arduous nature of the experience, when people are relatively comfortable and know that they are not going to be abandoned, they frequently find ways to strengthen bonds with people they love and to create profound meaning in their final passage. Notable Feature(s): Excellent collection of articles and interviews; background information on the Missoula Demonstration Project; selection of reading lists and other resources; a discussion guide to Br. Byock's book Dying Well for groups, clubs, families. Contact Information: Ira Byock Email: IByock@dyingwell.org Elisabeth Kübler-Ross http://www.changemakers.net/library/temp/nyt082604kubler-ross.cfm The April 2004 New York Times obituary for Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross details her career and those innovative ideas she brought to the field of death and dying that changed systematically and systemically the profession of caring for those dying and their families. The methods of this leading social entrepreneur laid the foundation for the spread of the hospice movement throughout the United States. Global Movement for Active Ageing http://www.who.int/hpr/globalmovement/index.htm The former Ageing and Health Programme of WHO, now an integral part of the Health Promotion and Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Surveillance Department, has launched new and innovative activities that promote a comprehensive approach to healthy and active ageing through a new network, entitled the Global Movement for Active Ageing. Contact Information: Ageing and Life Course programme Department of NCD Prevention & Health Promotion World Health Organization Avenue Appia 20 1211 Geneve 27 Switzerland Fax: +41 22 791 4186 Email: activeageing@who.int HelpAge International (HAI) http://www.helpage.org HelpAge International is a global network of not-for-profit organisations with a mission to work with and for disadvantaged older people worldwide to achieve a lasting improvement in the quality of their lives. HelpAge International is publishing guidelines to assist humanitarian agencies working with older people in disasters and humanitarian crises. The guidelines were developed by HelpAge International on the basis of research conducted with support from the European Community Humanitarian Office and the UN High Commission for Refugees and suggest practical ways to meet older people's needs and recognise their potential in emergency situations. Issues covered include basic needs for shelter and appropriate food; accessible services, including health care and psycho-social support; protection from abuse; ways to consult older people; and how to involve them in decisions about the kind of assistance they need. Notable Feature(s): Publications; offices in the Caribbean and Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Contact Information: Jane Scobie or Sarah Graham-Brown HelpAge International 67-74 Saffron Hill London   EC1N 8QX United Kingdom Telephone: +44 171 404 7201   Fax: +44 171 404 7203 Email: hai@helpage.org Implications of an Ageing Society http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/ageing/ageimpl.htm#Meanings This UN report compells us to rethink rigid distinctions that define age and give it boundaries. Everyone, individually and collectively, is joined in this single human venture, and everyone will respond, in their own way, to the opportunities as well as the challenges. Ageing is not a separate issue from social integration, gender advancement, economic stability or issues of poverty. It has developed a connection with many global agendas and will play, increasingly, a prominent role in the way society interacts with economic and social welfare institutions, family and community life and the roles of women. Contact Information: UN Division for Social Policy and Development Email: sidorenko@un.org Innovations in End-of-Life Care http://www2.edc.org/lastacts/ Innovations is an international, online forum and peer-reviewed journal for leaders in end-of-life care. Bimonthly, thematic issues aim to promote more humane, comprehensive and coordinated care to persons with life-threatening illness and their families, such that patients experience enhanced comfort, higher physical functioning and a greater sense of well-being at the end of life. Where many journals focus on results of research studies with little attention to the mechanisms responsible for those outcomes, Innovations seeks to provide clinicians and researchers the opportunity to detail the process of designing, implementing, evaluating and sustaining new practices to improve palliative care. Each issue is theme-based and includes a Featured Innovation, which spotlights a promising practice in end-of-life care. Every issue also includes an Editorial and International Perspectives, in which authors from around the world explore cultural and national assumptions about how best to address the featured topic. Notable Feature(s): Extensive collection of useful articles and descriptions of successful programs; tools; Web sites of general interest; Enhancing Meaning, Hope, and Dignity Near the End of Life issue; Spirituality and care for the dying; online forum for discussion of relevant topics. Contact Information: Holly Sivec, Staff Editor, Innovations in End of Life Care Center for Applied Ethics & Professional Practice Education Development Center, Inc. 55 Chapel Street Newton, MA   02458 USA Email: HSivec@edc.org International Federation on Ageing http://www.ifa-fiv.org/en/accueil.aspx The IFA informs, educates and promotes policies and practice to improve the quality of life of older persons around the world. Its work is based on the United Nations Principles of Older Persons - Independence, Participation, Care, Self-fulfilment and Dignity. For the next 5 years (2003-2008), the IFA will focus on: Poverty - Work to alleviate older persons from the perverse effects of poverty and support policies that encourage economic independence to the fullest extent. Health and Well-being - Promote policies and practices that enable older people to live healthfully and actively. Abuse and Neglect - Raise awareness regarding the fact that older people may face their final years with abuse and neglect as part of their daily lives. Discrimination and Ageism - Raise awareness about the extent to which ageism undermines a person's right to the dignity they deserve. Gender - Improve the understanding about the fact that older women face a "triple jeopardy" due to social status, economic conditions and illness and disabilities associated with long life. Contact Information: Dr. Jane Barratt, Secretary General Int'l Federation on Ageing 4398 Boul. Saint-Laurent, Suite 302 Montreal QC H2W 1Z5, Quebec   H2Z 1X2 Canada Telephone: (514) 396 3358   Fax: (514) 396 3378 Email: jbarratt@ifa-fiv.org Last Acts http://www.lastacts.org:80/ Last Acts is a national coalition and on-line community: a call-to-action campaign to improve care at the end of life. Its goals are to bring death related issues out in the open and help individuals and organizations pursue better ways to care for the dying. It believes in palliative care, which focuses on ways to ease pain and make life better for people who are dying and their loved ones. Palliative care means taking care of the whole person--body, mind, spirit--heart and soul. It looks at death and dying as something natural and personal. The goal of palliative care is to provide the best quality of life till the very end of life. Contact Information: Mollie Katz News and Information Media Burness Communications 7910 Woodmont Avenue - Suite 1340 Bethesda, MD   20814 USA Telephone: 301.652.1558   Fax: 301.654.1589 Email: mfkatz@burnessc.com Merck Manual of Geriatrics http://www.merck.com/pubs/mm_geriatrics/contents.htm Population Council - Population and Social Policy - Aging http://www.popcouncil.org/ppdb/aging.html http://www.popcouncil.org/index.html Population aging, a summary term for unprecedented changes that are now underway in the age structure of populations, is expected to be among the most prominent global demographic trends of the 21st century. It is a direct consequence of an ongoing global fertility transition and of declines in mortality. Over the long run, the growth of the elderly population is the most notable outcome of the demographic transition, especially in populations with high and rising life expectancy and with low fertility. This trend is apparent in many industrialized countries. Likewise, those countries in East and Southeast Asia and in Latin America whose fertility declines began relatively early also are experiencing rapid increases in the fractions of their populations that are elderly. This pattern is expected to continue over the next few decades, eventually affecting the entire world. Notable Feature(s): Full-text article: Six Billion and Counting - by Linda G. Martin, Population Council, Harvard International Review, Fall 2000. Contact Information: Population Council - New York Headquarters One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza New York, NY   10017 USA Telephone: 212.339.0500   Fax: 212.755.6052 Email: pubinfo@popcouncil.org Purpose Prize http://www.leadwithexperience.org/prize/ Each year, beginning in 2006, Civic Ventures will award The Purpose Prize: five $100,000 investments in exceptional individuals who are defying expectations by channeling their creativity and talent to address critical social problems at the local, regional, or national level. A larger group – "Sixty at Sixty+" – will be recognized through the program and honored at a national Experience Leadership Summit. The winners will be effective and action-oriented innovators who have launched this work after their 50th birthday. They may be working in nonprofits, government, or for-profit organizations devoted to tackling the hardest challenges of our time: homelessness, social justice and human rights, violence, poverty and hunger, health, education, and the environment, to name a few. Notable Feature(s): Application and Nomination Form. Contact Information: The Purpose Prize c/o Civic Ventures 139 Townsend Street, Suite 505 San Francisco, CA   94107 U.S.A. Telephone: 415.430.0141   Fax: 415.430.0144 Email: prize@civicventures.org Second Wind Dreams http://secondwind.org/ Second Wind Dreams has the goal of bringing seniors to the forefront of society to make them feel what they are—special. The program began with the work and passion of P. K. Beville, Ph.D., who co-wrote Second Wind, a heartwarming look at the wonderful stories and people within nursing homes. Over the last five years, the nonprofit has become involved in over 400 facilities in 38 U.S. states, Canada, and India, changing society’s perception of aging one dream at a time. Contact Information: Second Wind Dreams 1031 Cambridge Sq. Suite G Alpharetta, Georgia   30004 U.S.A. Telephone: 678.624.0500   Fax: 678.624.9578 Email: swdream@bellsouth.net The Ageing and Development Report - Poverty, Independence and the World's Older Population http://www.earthscan.co.uk/asp/bookdetails.asp?key=1557 The Interactive Aging Network http://www.ianet.org True Vision http://www.truevisiontv.com/ True Vision was formed in 1996 to make television that empowers the viewer. The company's aim is to bring to the audience stories that both entertain and inform, to produce work from UK and international documentary makers that gives a voice to the oppressed. Notable Feature(s): The site features still photo previews of True Vision productions, e.g., Old, an investigative documentary from Kate Blewett and Brian Woods (Eyes of a Child, Slavery and The Dying Rooms) that shows that being old and forgotten are tragic, undeniable realities for many people in Blair's Britain. Through a handful of characters we are given an insight into a grim future that could await any one of us... "[The] film should be required viewing." - BBC Radio Four's Front Row Contact Information: True Vision 49a Oxford Road South London W4 3DD UK Email: website@truevisiontv.com UN Programme on Ageing http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/ageing/ http://www.seniorweb.nl/un/start.asp This UN Web site provides information on national and international policies and programmes on ageing and is intended to stimulate action on policy development, particularly in developing countries. Notable Feature(s): Links to policy documents and guides to ageing populations; detailed information on Countdown to 2002: The Second World Assembly on Ageing; database of information, particularly from developing countries. Contact Information: United Nations - Division for Social Policy and Development Department of Economic and Social Affairs DC2-1370 New York, NY   10017 USA Email: sidorenko@un.org