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18-585: The World Urban Forum (WUF) is the world’s premier conference on urban issues. It was established in 2001 by the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing issues facing the world today: rapid urbanisation and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies. The World Urban Forum is organised and run by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme . The first World Urban Forum

36-726: A Committee of Permanent Representatives. Previously, The Governing Council was the decision-making body for the Programme, but it was dissolved following a resolution passed by the UN General Assembly. The assembly is a universal body composed of the 193 member states of the United Nations and convenes every four years at the Headquarters of UN-Habitat in Nairobi. The first assembly was held in May 2019. The presidency of

54-414: A diverse range of partners, including governments, civil society organizations, private sector actors, and academic institutions, to collaborate on urban development issues. It focuses on a number of key themes, including affordable housing, sustainable mobility, resilient urban planning, and social inclusion. The United Nations has designated the first Monday of October every year as World Habitat Day. This

72-697: Is also derived from General Assembly resolution 3327 (XXIX), by which the Assembly established the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation; resolution 32/162, by which the Assembly established the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat); and resolution 56/206, by which the Assembly transformed the Commission on Human Settlements and the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), including

90-425: Is an occasion to reflect on the state of our towns and cities and the basic right of all to adequate shelter. It is also intended to remind the world of its collective responsibility for the future of human habitat. The UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award was launched in 1989 and is one of the world's most prestigious human settlements awards. It aims to acknowledge initiatives that have made outstanding contributions in

108-680: Is composed of all Permanent Representatives accredited to the United Nations Office at Nairobi . The UN-Habitat secretariat is headed by an executive director nominated by the UN Secretary-General with the approval of the UN General Assembly . The current executive director is Anacláudia Rossbach of Brazil, who was appointed in June 2024. The deputy executive director is Michal Mlynár of Slovakia who

126-618: The Habitat Agenda . It was established in 2000 in line with the UN Habitat Governing Council Resolution 17/18 of 1999. Since September 2004, when UN-HABITAT established a formal relationship with United Cities and Local Governments , the latter names the organization's chairperson & holds 10 of its 20 seats. UNACLA secretariat is split between Barcelona ( UCLG headquarters) & Nairobi ( UN-HABITAT headquarters). Currently UNACLA

144-452: The UNACLA secretariat with UN-Habitat. United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities ( UNACLA ) is a committee of local authorities that serves as an advisory body to United Nations System for the purpose of strengthening the dialogue with local authorities from all over the world involved in the implementation of

162-498: The United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation, into UN-Habitat. The mandate of UN-Habitat is further derived from other internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration (Assembly resolution 55/2), in particular the target of achieving a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum-dwellers by 2020; and

180-611: The World Urban Forum has evolved into the premier global conference on sustainable urbanization. Convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the forum is a unique non-legislative platform and one of the most inclusive international gatherings on urban issues. The first WUF was held in Nairobi, Kenya in 2002 and has been held around the world ever since. It is organized biennially in different locations around

198-494: The field of human settlements, provision of housing, highlighting the plight of people living in poverty or who have been displaced, developing and improving human settlements and the quality of urban life to leave no one behind echoing the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 with emphasis on Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. The United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA)

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216-615: The first assembly was held by Mexico. Mexico's presidency was represented by Martha Delgado Peralta the Mexican Undersecretary of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights. The second decision-making body of the programme is the executive board, which is made up of 36 member states elected by the UN-Habitat Assembly with representatives from every regional group. The board meets three times annually. The Committee of Permanent Representatives of UN-Habitat (CPR)

234-455: The lives of slum-dwellers. UN-Habitat works in more than 70 countries on five continents focusing on seven areas: UN-Habitat works with local partners, for example Doh Eain in Yangon , Myanmar which focuses on urban regeneration and heritage conservation. The governance structure of the programme is made up of three decision-making bodies: the UN-Habitat Assembly, an executive board and

252-545: The target on water and sanitation of the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development , which seeks to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Through Assembly resolution 65/1, Member States committed themselves to continue working towards cities without slums , beyond current targets, by reducing slum populations and improving

270-473: The world. The World Urban Campaign is an initiative led by UN-Habitat that seeks to promote sustainable urban development and livable cities around the world. Its primary objective is to advocate for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda, a global framework adopted by the United Nations in 2016 to guide urban development policies and strategies for the next 20 years. The campaign brings together

288-462: Was appointed by in December 2022. Before 2002, the title of the head of the programme was director of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements. The World Urban Forum was established by the United Nations in 2001 to examine one of the most pressing issues facing the world: rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities, economies and climate change. Over the past two decades,

306-541: Was established in 2000 in line with the UN Habitat Governing Council Resolution 17/18 of 1999 as an advisory body to strengthen the dialogue of the UN System with local authorities in relation to the implementation of the Habitat Agenda. In September 2004, UN-HABITAT established a formal relationship with United Cities and Local Governments , which now chairs UNACLA and holds 10 of its 20 seats. UCLG co-hosts

324-592: Was held in Nairobi, Kenya in 2002 and has been held around the world ever since. The forum has the following as its objectives: In 2023, the World Urban Forum faced criticism from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for inviting the occupation authorities of Crimea to participate in a session. Ukrainian officials argued that the invitation could be perceived as an attempt to legitimize Russia's temporary occupation of Ukrainian territories. United Nations Human Settlements Programme The UN-Habitat mandate

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