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| Opening Ceremony - Speech by his Excellency Hon. Mwai Kibaki, C.G.H., M.P., President and Commander-in-Chief of the defense forces of the Republic of Kenya during the official opening of the 23rd session of the Governing Council UN-HABITAT. |
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I am delighted to join you for this Official Opening of the 23rd Session of the UN-HABITAT Governing CounciL On behalf of the Government and People of Kenya, I warmly welcome all delegations to our country.
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| Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Agenda item 21 |
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| World Habitat Day Bahrain |
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Kingdom of Bahrain
His Highness called upon the international community to mobilize resources and effectively contribute in planning to in create a physical livable environment enabling the urban poor to live in a safe and sustainable environment.
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| Address by Dr. Joan Clos Under-Secretary-General of the United Nationsand Executive Director of UN-Habitat on the Occasion of the Sixth Session of the World Urban Forum |
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Naples, Italy
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| Second Committee Statement of Morocco 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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| Address to the Golden Spear 2005 Symposium on Civil-Military Cooperation in Disaster Management |
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Nairobi
Mrs. Tibaijuka has asked me to apologise on her behalf for not being able to attend in person today because of another international commitment in her schedule. She has therefore asked me, as her representative, to deliver her message to this distinguished gathering on behalf of the United Nations. She wants me to share with you some of our views and insights on Civil-Military Cooperation in Disaster Management , the theme of this year's Golden Spear symposium.
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| Executive Director’s message on World Habitat Day |
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The theme this year of World Habitat Day on 6 October spearheaded by the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro is water and sanitation. Never before has there been such clear international consensus that sustainable development starts with health and dignity. These fundamental conditions of human development cannot be met without sustained investment in safe water and basic sanitation.
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| Statement By The Representative Of African Union Commision, On Behalf Of Adv. Bience Gawanas |
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Nairobi, Kenya
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| Gordon Campbell, Premier, Province of British Columbia, Canada |
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Canada
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| Nairobi Statement |
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Nairobi, Kenya
At the invitation of Klaus Toepfer, Under-Secretary General and Head of UNCHS (Habitat), and on the occasion of the first session of the Preparatory Committee for the Special Session of the General Assembly for an overall review and appraisal of the implementation of the Habitat Agenda (Istanbul +5), we, Mayors from all over the world and Presidents of International Associations of Local Authorities, have gathered in Nairobi on 7 May 2000 for the second meeting of the UN Advisory Committee of Local Authorities.
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| The Secretary-General's message on the occasion of World Habitat Day |
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New York, USA
By the year 2050, some 6 billion people representing two-thirds of humanity will be living in towns and cities. Never before in history has the world witnessed such rapid urbanization. Neither has it witnessed such a swift rise in the absolute numbers of people migrating.
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| A NEW GLASNOST FOR OUR FUTURE, The Right to Water and Dignified Life, Mikhail Gorbachev, Chairman, Green Cross international |
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Barcelona
Exactly four years ago, in September 2000, the leaders of all the world's! countries declared that: "We will spare no effort to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanising conditions of extreme poverty, to which more than a billio of them are currrently subjected" UN Millennium Declaration.
Nothing is more dehumanising than living without water and sanitation so why are more efforts not being made to address the world water crisis? In the last four years, over, 20 million children have died from preventable water-borne diseases, and hundreds of millions of people continue to live with the daily drudgery and squalor associated with the lack of water and sanitation. Yet, today, there is little to indicate that we will not face the same situation four years from now.
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| Statement by Wang Qi, Advisor of the Chinese Delegation on Item 54: Implementation of the Outcomes of the UN Habitat II and Strengthening of the UN-Habitat |
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New York
The solution to the question of human settlements in developing countries is the key to the overall improvement of human settlements around the world and should be the focus of our efforts in this regard. As the Secretary-General pointed out in his report, many developing countries are faced with severe challenges in the sustainable development of human settlements. Nevertheless, instead of being pessimistic and evading their responsibilities, they have made political commitments, formulated well- targeted policies and implemented reform programs in a proactive effort to improve their human settlements situation.
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| Speech by Sisulu Chair of the African Ministerial Conference on housing of the Republic of South Africa at the Plenary Sesion of the 21 Session of the governing council of UN-HABITAT |
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Opening Ceremony - Speech by his Excellency Hon. Mwai Kibaki, C.G.H., M.P., President and Commander-in-Chief of the defense forces of the Republic of Kenya during the official opening of the 23rd session of the Governing Council UN-HABITAT.
