WUF7 Closing Remarks

“I then
encourage, after seeing the results of this World Urban Forum, and insist, that
we see urbanization in its overall scope, from the urbanization of big cities,
as well as the urbanization of villages and markets. All of it represents the
big challenges of urbanization in the next 40 years”.

Dr. Joan Clos
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and UN-Habitat Executive Director

Read the full transcript of the WUF7 final closing
remarks here.

Civil Society Messages to the 9th Africities Summit

Civil Society Messages to the 9th Africities Summit

A self-organized civil-society initiative hosted 45 civil organization representatives this week at Kisumu, Kenya on 15–16 May to deliberate and consolidate messages to the Africities9 Summit. The Civil Society Forum [...]