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. Speaking at the opening, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Shariff said: “With its genuine openness
The prevailing model of urbanization still adheres to the rigidly technocratic Charter of Athens, whose strict functionalist separation of activities continues to dominate planning practices worldwide. The Quito Papers and the New Urban Agenda, which has just been published by Routledge, starts a discussion that both challenges this status quo and opens up new lines
We want our rights, we don’t want fighting and conflict. We don’t want religious differences, we want peace because we are all humans, said a young voice, originally from Myanmar, at the opening session, Hard Talk, of the Children’s Assembly hosted at WUF9 yesterday. The goal of the Children’s Assembly was to create ‘safe, smart
Download PDF Version VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Issued on: 07 Feb 2018 ORGANIZATION UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) DUTY STATION: Kabul, AFGHANISTAN; travel to other provinces may be required for programme familiarisation LOCATION Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) Deputy Ministry of Municipalities (DMM) FUNCTIONAL TITLE: Senior Operation Advisor (International post) PROJECT
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. In the first day of the week long meeting, the UN flag was raised in a ceremonial event which temporarily hands
“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) New York, 31 January
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Issued on: 01 January 2018 ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION UN-Habitat, Somalia Programme DUTY STATION Nairobi/ Kenya FUNCTIONAL TITLE Junior Urban Planner CONTRACT TYPE Consultant POST DURATION 6 months CLOSING DATE 08 February 2018 BACKGROUND The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for Human Settlements. It is mandated by the UN
