Organizations of elders from ten countries declare that social protection is a Fundamental human right.

-the State is responsible for its implementation and implementation, for such purposes, to promote active policies that give content rights

-signatories do not accept the subordination of social policies to the economic

Madrid, March 2012.- organizations of retirees and pensioners of eight countries have signed the Declaration of Montevideo, within the framework of international organisations national, regional and European retirees, pensioners and older adults, made the days 6,7 and 8 March 2012 in the city of Montevideo.

The signatories argue that Social Security is a Fundamental human right, laid down in article 22 of the Universal Declaration of human rights of 1948, and the article 9 of the International Covenant of economic, social and cultural rights of 1966 ”.

The Declaration stresses that the State is responsible for its implementation and implementation, for such purposes, to promote active policies that give content rights.

The signatories argue that Social Security and Social protection, implemented rationally and with criteria of fairness and solidarity, are suitable for social economic growth and its subsequent development tools, which means an inherent contribution in terms of redistribution of national income with criteria of social justice.

The document rejects, a social security transformed largely into a financial commodity listed, where governing principles, totally different social security and solidarity-based social protection financial values, and proclaims to older adults subject of law of social security and comprehensive Social protection, which are ideological foundationspolitical, technical and ethical, indispensable.

To the international meeting has come on behalf of organizations of older Spanish, Democratic Union of pensioners, UDP, whose President, Luis Martín Pindado, said: we all agree to defend our system of social protection, but we have to make an effort to find ways to sustain whatever economic cycle living citizens. And there we be done ”.

The Montevideo Declaration has been signed by the representatives of the organizations of older than Spain, Italy, Chile, Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Paraguay.

The UDP is the first organization of the largest in the country, with more than 1,900 associations in all Spain, Germany, France and Switzerland, bringing together more than one million two hundred thousand members. 33 Years, it develops activities in defence of the interests of older persons and the promotion of active ageing. Holds the Vice-Presidency of the State Council of older people, and is a member of the platform of NGOs ’ s of Social Action; Platform of promotion of volunteering and the European Forum on the healthy ageing, among others.