Message of H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, President of the 71st Session of the General Assembly, delivered by H.E. Mr. Durga P. Bhattarai, Permanent Representative of Nepal, at Handover Ceremony of the […]
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High Level Round Table – Leave No One Behind: Urban Inclusion and Prosperity at Habitat III
Opening remarks by H.E. Mr Peter Thomson, President of the 71st Session of the General Assembly, at High Level Round Table – Leave No One Behind: Urban Inclusion and Prosperity […]
Opening plenary of Habitat III
Opening remarks by H.E. Mr Peter Thomson, President of the 71st Session of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly, at Opening at Plenary Meeting of United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development: […]
Lecture at Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
Lecture by H.E. Mr Peter Thomson, President of the 71st Session of the General Assembly at Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador during United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development: […]
Business Assembly at United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development: Habitat III
Opening remarks by H.E. Mr Peter Thomson, President of the 71st Session of the General Assembly, at Business Assembly of United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development: Habitat […]
Press Release: President of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly to Ecuador for Habitat III Conference
Press Release President of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly to Ecuador for Habitat III Conference Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵITED NATIONS, New York, 15 October 2016 — The President of the United Nations […]
Habitat III Conference
Habitat III is the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development to take place in Quito, Ecuador, from 17 – 20 October 2016.
In  and in line with the bi-decennial cycle (1976, 1996 and 2016), the United Nations General Assembly decided to convene the Habitat III Conference to reinvigorate the global commitment to sustainable urbanization, to focus on the implementation of a , building on the  in 1996.
Member States of the General Assembly, in  , decided that the objectives of the Conference are to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable urban development, assess accomplishments to date, address poverty and identify and address new and emerging challenges. The conference will result in a concise, focused, forward-looking and action-oriented outcome document.
On 22 December 2015 the United Nations General Assembly, on its seventieth session, adopted the , which refers to the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development – Habitat III Conference’s modalities. The approved rules of procedure for Habitat III recognise the participation of the representatives of local authorities accredited to the Conference in rule 64, as it happened in Habitat II in 1996.
Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador
Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador, H.E. Dr. Guillaume Long On 21 September, the President of the General Assembly, H.E. Peter Thomson, met with the […]