'New Urban Agenda,' reform of UN-Habitat take spotlight at high-level General Assembly talks
Sep 06, 2017, at 09:43 am
New York, Sept 6(Just Earth News): The United Nations deputy chief on Tuesday said that the Organization is failing to deliver sufficiently in cities, and its work in and on urban areas must be reinvigorated, as the General Assembly kicked off a high-level meeting on a new UN approach to the rapidly urbanizing world.
Organizational reform moves ahead as Guterres receives proposals on a strengthened UN-Habitat
Aug 04, 2017, at 09:46 am
New York, Aug 4(Just Earth News): An independent panel reviewing the effectiveness of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) has proposed the programme be recast as the Organization's 'urban champion,' including through the establishment of a coordinating mechanism to complement the its work and convene all UN agencies and partners on urban sustainability.