Alexandre Sidorenko, Senior Social Affairs Officer Head, United Nations Programme on Ageing

Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, on 31 August 1949. Early education in Ukraine. Graduate studies in medicine. PhD in cellular immunology. Lecturer at the Kiev Medical University (1975-1978). Ten years experience in experimental gerontology at the Kiev Institute of Gerontology (1978-1988).

Joined the United Nations Secretariat in 1988, first in Vienna, Austria, since 1993 - in New York, USA. Major UN assignments:

• Head, UN Programme on Ageing, UN Focal Point on Ageing (current)
• Chief of the United Nations Programme on Ageing (1993-2002)
• Coordinator of the International Year of Older Persons (1999).

Major responsibilities have included the coordination of the UN activities in the area of ageing, including promotion and monitoring of international policy and programmes on ageing. In 2000-2002, coordination of substantive preparations for the Second World Assembly on Ageing in Madrid, Spain. Principal tasks include follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing. Specific areas of professional involvement are the monitoring of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and the development of evidence based policy on ageing.

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