New U.N. resolution calls for attention to elderly in disasters

New U.N. resolution calls for attention to elderly in disasters

Japan's Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Toshiya Hoshino (C) talks about the lessons learned from the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in his country at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Feb. 7, 2018. A U.N. council adopted a new resolution the same day calling for giving special attention to the welfare of the elderly around the world when disasters strike. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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