The Executive Director of UN-Habitat conveys to you her wishes of a Happy Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dog, celebrated today on 16th February.
May this year bring good fortune and strong collaboration as we join efforts to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and New Urban Agenda
After one week, hundreds of events, the World Urban Forum 9 (WUF9), held in Kuala Lumpur from 7-13 February 2018, has drawn to a close. WUF9 welcomed about 23,000 people from 165 countries to discuss the implementation of the New Urban Agenda (NUA). It was the best attended and most diverse WUFs since it was established in 2002. Roughly half of the participants were under 32, and 49% were women.
Kuala Lumpur, 9 February 2018 –The UN-Habitat Executive Director today announced the theme of World Cities Day 2018: Building Sustainable and Resilient Cities.
Kuala Lumpur, 8 February 2018 – The Prime Minister of Malaysia, His Excellency Najib Razak, opened the World Urban Forum in an official ceremony today with participants celebrating the energy building for implementing the New Urban Agenda.
Kuala Lumpur, 7 February 2018 – The Assemblies for Women, Youth and Business opened today at World Urban Forum 9 in the Malaysian capital with speakers emphasizing the importance of inclusivity in our cities.
“Today, we face unprecedented urban, social and environmental challenges. From climate change to radicalization, youth are often at the front lines facing these problems. They are our hope and our future in assuring that we can find solutions.” - Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat)
“Change the Impossible to I’m possible!” Executive Director Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif tells the over hundred young people from 6 schools in Kibera, the largest slum in East Africa.
Nairobi, 23 January 2018—The effects of climate change are affecting the grazing patterns in Kenya’s nomadic communities forcing many of them to relocate to towns and urban centres which has resulted in chaotic urbanisation, the Governor of Kenya’s Garissa County Ali Korane has said.
Following nomination by the Secretary-General, the General Assembly, on 22 December 2017, elected Maimunah Mohd Sharif of Malaysia as Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).