India in May 2017 was unanimously elected as the President of the UN-Habitat, an organ of the United Nations’ Organisation (UNO) that promotes socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements across the world, after 10 years. UN-Habitat reports to the United Nations General Assembly.
Further to this election, then Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation M. Venkaiah Naidu chaired the four-day meeting of the 58-member Governing Council of UN-Habitat in Nairobi, Kenya.
The theme of the 26th Meeting of the Governing Council was “Opportunities for effective implementation of the New Urban Agenda” with focus on inclusive, sustainable and adequate housing for a ....
