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| The Secretary-General message on World Habitat Day, 1 October 2012 |
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Half the world's people now live in towns and cities. In little more than a generation, two-thirds of the global population will be urban. As the proportion of humanity living in the urban environment grows, so too does the need to strengthen the urban focus of our efforts to reduce global poverty and promote sustainable development.
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| The Secretary General message the World Urban Forum |
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Naples, Italy,
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| Agenda Item 21. Implementation of the Outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and Strengthening the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) |
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| Statement by Mr Borg Tsien Tham Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Republic Of Singapore to the United Nations on agenda item 21, at the second committee of the GA of the United Nations |
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| Statement by Japan on Agenda Item 21. Implementation of the Outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and Strengthening the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) |
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| Second Committee Statement of Turkey on Agenda Item 21, Implementation of the Outcome of the UN Conference on Human Settlements(Habitat II) and strengthening the UN Habitat |
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| Second Committee Statement of Bahrain on Agenda Item 21, Implementation of the Outcome of the UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening the UN Habitat |
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| Fifty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women |
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Nairobi
“Access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work”, the review theme of the 58th session of the CSW, represents one of the main challenges of all the human settlements worldwide and is central in the work of UN-Habitat.
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| THE NAIROBI DECLARATION: Recommendations from the Youth 21 Building for Change Stakeholder Meeting and Global Youth Leadership Forum on Inclusive Governance March 15-18, Nairobi, Kenya |
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The Youth 21 global initiative was co-organized by UN HABITAT and UNDP. It gathered over two-hundred and twenty (220) youth representing youth-led organizations and movements from across the globe, as well as UN Member States, members of parliament, private sector, civil society organizations, researchers and UN Agencies. The aim of Youth 21 is for youth to engage with the United Nations and support them in working towards democratic governance and sustainable development. Youth 21 has prepared the Nairobi Declaration and its recommendations in the hope that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, supportive governemnts, civil society will work in partenrship with youth and engage them in governance at all levels, with an emphasis on creating mechanisms, such as the recently announced UN Secretary General's Special Advisor on Youth, to engage youth within the UN system and beyond.
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| Agenda Item 21. Implementation of the Outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and Strengthening the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) |
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| statement by the youth representative Mr Kristoffer Sundøy at the concluding session of WUF on 26 March in Brazil |
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Rio de Janeiro
My name is Kristoffer Sundøy, and I have been elected by UN-HABITAT’s Youth Advisory Board to address you today on behalf of the youth delegates present at this Forum. We are youth who live in cities. We are full of ideas, creativity, and energy. Yet even as we represent well over half the world’s total population, we are still not full partners in the institutions, processes and decisions that affect our lives. We live in cities in great numbers, yet our voices are rarely given equitable space or accorded the same respect and consideration as those of adults.
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| Secretary General's Message |
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The theme of World Habitat Day this year, Cities – engines of rural development, was chosen to remind development policy-makers at every level not to think of “urban” and “rural” as separate entities, but rather as parts of an economic and social whole.
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| The Secretary-General - Message To The "Africities Summit" |
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Yaoundé, Cameroon
It is a great pleasure to send my greetings to everyone who has gathered for this Third Africities Conference. Your presence underscores your recognition of the magnitude and urgency of the urban challenge facing Africa. And the impressive turn-out of mayors, government officials, representatives of the private sector and civil society, as well as a number of development partners, shows you understand that this challenge can be tackled only by collective engagement. I would like to commend the Municipal Development Partnership for its vigorous efforts and leadership in support of local authorities in Africa.
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| PRESS LAUNCH KENYA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR AWARD (JOYA) ON CRIME PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY SAFETY 2004 AND 2005 22 December 2004, 1030 hrs, The Norfolk Hotel Address by Daniel Biau, Deputy Executive Director, UN-HABITAT |
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Nairobi
Secretary General- KUJ Ezekiel Mutua, Chair- Kenya Union of Journalist, Tervil Okoko, City Council of Nairobi representative- Engineer Njoroge, members of the press, distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen.
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| On Behalf of the European Union, by His Excellency Walter J. Lindner Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany |
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Nairobi
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| AIR POLLUTION/ATMOSPHERE, Statement by Brian Williams, Chief Energy and Transport Section, Nairobi, Kenya, During UN Commission on Sustainable Development, 15th Session, New York, 30 April – 11 May 2007 |
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New York
The year 2007 marks a historic crossroads in human history. For the first time, half of humanity will be living in towns and cities. Our research shows that by 2030, this figure will rise to two-thirds. We thus live at a time of unprecedented and irreversible urbanisation. The cities growing fastest are those of the developing world. And the fastest growing neighborhoods are slums. Indeed, 2007 will also be the year in which the global number of slum dwellers is forecast to reach the 1 billion mark.
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| UN-HABITAT Contribution to the Discussion on Climate Change |
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Rome
Today half of humanity lives in cities. It is projected that by 2030 that figure will rise to two-thirds. We live in an age of unprecedented, rapid, irreversible urbanisation. The cities growing fastest are those of the developing world, and the fastest growing neighbourhoods are the slums.
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| Statement by Mrs. Tibaijuka, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT at the Convention on Climate Change |
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Nairobi
Success here is critical in our planet’s new urban age. Today half of humanity lives in cities. It is projected that by 2030 that figure will rise to two-thirds. We live in an age of unprecedented, rapid, irreversible urbanisation. The cities growing fastest are those of the developing world, and the fastest growing neighbourhoods are the slums.
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| Remarks by Inga Klevby,Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Deputy Executive Director UN-HABITAT at a news conference at the 12th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change |
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Nairobi
The so-called Adaptation Fund is an innovative new start to helping developing countries shore up their defences against disasters, many of them, like floods, or droughts, brought on by climate change. The purpose and management of this Fund have been determined here in Nairobi. These are the necessary first steps. This is a great accomplishment indeed.
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| UN-HABITAT statement on Climate Change at 15th Session of UN Commission on Sustainable Development |
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New York
The world is experiencing unprecedented levels of urbanization as the majority of people now reside in urban areas. By 2030, three-quarters of the world’s population will be urban, and the biggest cities will be found in the developing world.
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| Statement of Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of UN-HABITAT at 15th Session of UN Commission on Sustainable Development |
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New York
As we all know, access to affordable, modern energy services is a pre-requisite for sustainable development and poverty alleviation, and, more specifically, for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Lack of access to reliable, safe and environment-friendly energy is a strong constraint on human development.
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| Commonwealth Youth Forum Opening ceremony: Statement by Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations |
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Entebbe, Uganda
I am very excited to be back in Uganda. Last year I was here in April when I had the privilege to address the commonwealth meeting on Africa’s urbanization crisis.
It is an honor and a privilege for me to be here with you today at this Commonwealth Youth Forum
I wish to congratulate the Commonwealth Youth Council for organizing this youth forum which will provide a platform for young people to contribute to the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth Heads of Government agendas. I am pleased that this forum also provides an independent platform for youth representatives to consider their agenda at the same time as the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting.
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| Speech delivered on behalf of Mr. Choi Soon-hong, Assistant Secretary General, Chief Information Technology Officer, United Nations |
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UN-HABITAT Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya,
I am Jason Bellone, Chief of the Information and Communications Technology Section at the UN Office in Geneva. As you may be aware, Mr. Choi Soon-hong, UN Assistant Secretary General and Chief Information Technology Officer, was scheduled to make introductory remarks at Web4Dev Conference. However, due to other work requirements, he cannot come to this conference. At Mr. Choi’s request, therefore, I am going to deliver his message to the conference.
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Opening Ceremony | | Ban Ki-moon, Message from Secretary General of the United Nations |
| Anna Tibaijuka, Under Secretary-General, United Nations; Executive Director, UN-HABITAT |
| Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain |
| Raila Odinga, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya |
| Capt (Mr.) John Zefania Chilligati, (MP.) Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development, Government of the United Republic of Tanzania |
| Zhang Guangning, Mayor of Guangzhou and Co-President of UCLG English Chinese |
Plenaries |
| Sir John R. Kaputin, Secretary-General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States |
| Djoko Kirmanto, Minister for Public Works, Indonesia |
| Kumari Selja, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Government of India |
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| Statement of the United Nations Commissioner-General on the start of the Expo countdown |
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It is with great pleasure that I mark the start of the one-year countdown to the 2010 World Expo. As the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Pavilion, I would like to use this occasion to reiterate the commitment of the United Nations family to participate in the international dialogue on Better City, Better Life, known throughout the globe as the Shanghai World Expo.
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| Statement by H.E. Ambassador Mourad Benmehidi, permanent representative of Algeria to the United Nations and chairman of the Group of 77, on agenda item 21, at the second committee of the GA of the United Nations |
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The Secretary-General message on World Habitat Day, 1 October 2012 
Brazil- Mrs. Tibaijuka’s address on the occasion of the Launch of the National Campaign for the Regularization of Tenure and Good Urban Governance in Brazil
