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| Address by Engineer M.Yousuf Pashtun, His Excellency the Minister for Urban Development Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on the occassion of the 22nd governing council of the United Nations Settlement Programme (UN-HABITAT). |
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Almost a year ago,representatives from all around the world gathered in Rio de Janeiro and reiterated their commitment to sustainable development, recognizing once more the need to adopt a threefold approach – economic, social and environmental.Nothing shows more clearly how intertwined are these three dimensions of sustainable development than the dynamics of cities, which clearly reveals that a shortcoming in one of them adversely impacts the others.
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Today, the world is in the midst of a massive urban transition unlike that of any other time in history. We live today, for the first time in history, in an urban century- more than half of us live in cities, and we’re headed toward 70% of people living in urban areas by 2050- a change with vast implications both for human well-being and for the environment. Almost all of this growth will be taking place in developing countries where urban populations are growing at over 3 percent per year, as opposed to less than 1 percent in the more developed regions.
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| Address by Hon Stephen Kalonzo, E.G.H, M.P. Vice President and Minister for Home Affairs Republic of Kenya During the opening and Inauguration of the 22nd session of the governing council of UN-HABITAT. |
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| Kumari Selja, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Government of India |
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| Director General, Soren Haggroth |
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Barcelona
I am very honoured to have been invited to this Second World Urban Forum and say a few words at this opening session. Together with my South-African colleague at that time Mrs. Sankie I chaired the First World Urban Forum in Nairobi in May 2002. The idea was to find a more informal way to focus on the Urban challanges. The key word was dialogue. Some 1200 people met in Nairobi, now 6000 people have registered for the Second Urban Forum. It is an impressive number and it shows that the problems and possibilities of urbanisation is gaining an ever increasing attention on the global agenda. I am fully convinced that also this Second World Forum will be as open, as informal, as democratic and as inclusive, as it was in Nairobi. I am glad to hear that a Third World Urban Forum is already being planned to take place in Vancouver'in 2006. In a way the Nairobi Forum was a historical in creating a new way of international co-operation, outside the UN protocal, but inside the main stream of the world challanges.
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| Alphonso Jackson, Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Government of the United States of America |
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Canada
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C’est avec plaisir que j’adresse mes salutations les plus chaleureuses à ce Congrès fondateur de « Cités et gouvernements locaux unis ». Je tiens à louer les maires et les dirigeants locaux du monde entier pour cette initiative, qui peut contribuer beaucoup à renforcer sensiblement votre rôle au niveau international.
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| Statement by Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the UN, Dr. A K Abdul Momen 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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| Plenary - High Level Segment - Cameroon |
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| Anna Tibaijuka, Under Secretary-General, United Nations; Executive Director, UN-HABITAT, Kenya |
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| The Executive Governor Lagos State, Nigeria |
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Barcelona
IT IS AN HONOUR TO BE INVITED TO ADDRESS THIS DISTINGUISHED SESSION ON URBAN SUSTANABILITY AT THE SECOND WORLD URBAN FORUM, BARCELONA 2004. I EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TQTHE UN_HABJTAT FOR THE INVITATION AND COMMEND IT FOR IT'S DOGGED COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINABILITY OF CITIES IN A RAPIDLY URBANIZING WORLD. I SEE YOUR INVITAION AS AN AFFIRMATION OF OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CITY OF LAGOS IN THE RESOLUTION OF URBAN CHALLENGES ON THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA. AS YOU ALL KNOW, LAGOS IS CURRENTLY THE MOST POPULOUS CITY IN THE CONTINENT WITH A POPULATION OF 15MILLION AND WILL BE ACCOMODATING OVER 20MILLION PEOPLE OVER 2010.
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| Statement by Ms. Nicole Miade Adviser to UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY 61 session SECOND COMMITTEE Agenda Item 53 |
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New York
We have spoken today about the urgent and complex challenges posed by human settlements, particularly impoverished, peripheral urban communities. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) focuses in this session on one of its long-standing priorities — addressing the link between human settlements and On the one hand, human settlements may result from the mass movement of people displaced by natural disaster. Without humanitarian supplies, construction materials, or financial resources, disaster victims are often forced to leave their rural communities for camps or urban areas in search of shelter and livelihoods.
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| Statement by Dr. Anna Tibaijuka, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Executive Director UN-HABITAT at the first session of the Committee of the Whole 21 session of the Governing Council for UN-HABITAT |
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| Address by His Excellency, Dr. Chijioke .W. Wigwe, fdc Permanent Representative of Nigeria to UN-HABITAT on behalf of the Group of 77 and China at the 22nd session of the governing council of UN-HABITAT. |
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Permettez-moi de vous féliciter, Monsieur le Président, de votre élection. Aussi, je profite cette occasion pour vous manifester l’entière disponibilité de Madagascar à travailler ensemble avec vous pour les objectifs fixés par l’UN HABITAT durant votre mandat.
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| Statement (NIGERIA) |
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On behalf of the Government and people of Nigeria, I congratulate you, on your election to guide the deliberations of the 24th Session of the Governing Council of UN-HABITAT. We are certain that under your guidance, and with the support of fellow members of the Bureau, we shall deliver concrete measures for improved human settlements globally.
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| Plenary - High Level Segment, Argentina |
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Afghanistan
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