The 3rd Congress of Trade Union International (Pensioners & Retirees) is being held at the historic ancient city of Athens in Greece on 14-18 April, 2024. Arrangements were made for the participation of seven comrades from India. Coms.K G Jayaraj, General Secretary, AIBDPA & Executive Board Member of TUI(P&R), K Ragavendran, Secretary General, NCCPA & Asia Coordinator of TUI(P&R), A K Ghosh (Coordination Committee of CGPA,West Bengal) & Member , Financial Committee of TUI(P&R), D K Debnath, General Secretary, AIPRPA, M.Suresh Kumar, General Secretary, AKBRF, Swastika Dasgupta, CHQ Vice President, AIBDPA & Member, Womens Committee of TUI(P&R) and Mihir Dasgupta, ACS, Kolkata of AIBDPA.

Unfortunately, Coms K G Jayaraj and M Suresh Kumar could not get the Visa, though they attended the interview at Kochi on 22-03-2024. Com. Swastika Dasgupta was admitted in a Kolkata hospital on 10-04-2024 in a critical condition due to heart ailment and both Coms.Swastika and Mihir had to cancel their tickets. And as such only three comrades, K Ragavendran, A K Ghosh and D K Debnath are participating in the 3rd Congress. It is the first time that AIBDPA is not represented in the TUI(P&R) Congress. Com.V A N Namboodiri, Advisor had attended the first Congress at Barcelona in 2014 and Com.K G Jayaraj participated in the 2nd Congress at Bogota in 2019. However, Com.Quim Boix has assured to make necessary arrangements for the participation of Com.K G Jayaraj through video conference.

The 3rd Congress will discuss seriously the important issues of the pensioners and retirees globally and take appropriate decisions. Three documents will be presented to the Congress for discussion and adoption. Delegates from 90 countries are expected to participate and delegates from 20 countries through video conference also will participate.