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Add to Preferred SourcesThe Tenth World Urban Forum, which attracted over 13,000 attendees taking part in more than 540 official events, has drawn to a close with a call for united action to ensure a better future for cities and towns.
The UN-Habitat Executive Director, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, told the Closing Ceremony that during six-day meeting, delegates from all walks of life had insisted on the importance of a common goal of leaving a legacy of a better world for future generations.
The Abu Dhabi Declared Actions, which was read out, includes commitments from international organizations, national, local and regional governments, the private sector, civil society, academia and others for the next two years and beyond to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed by world leaders in 2015.
The UN-Habitat Executive Director said at all of the Sustainable Development Goals came together in ‘urban’ goal SDG 11 aimed at achieving inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
“Through the Abu Dhabi Declared Actions, we now have the what, how and when components as well,” said Ms. Sharif.
The UN-Habitat Executive Director announced that the next World Urban Forum (WUF) in 2022 would be held in Katowice, Poland – the first time WUF has been held in Central Eastern Europe
The Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy of the Republic of Poland Ms. Malgorzata Jarosinska-Jedynak said they wanted to show the urban transformation that has taken place in Central Eastern Europe in the last 30 years.
“In Katowice, we want to talk about just transformation, about changes that leave no one behind,” she said inviting all the delegates to participate in WUF11, which she said would be a “historic event”.
Original source: WUF
Published on 14 February 2020