UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAM (UN–HABITAT)

May 28, 2019

India has been elected to the Executive Board of the first UN-Habitat Assembly at the Plenary Session of the Assembly started on May 27, 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. The special theme for the UN-Habitat Assembly is "Innovation for Better Quality of Life in Cities and Communities".

About: 

  • What is it? It is the United Nations agency for human settlements and sustainable urban development. 

  • Objectives: To promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns & cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. 

  • HQ: Nairobi, Kenya. 

  • Established in: 1978. 

  • Parent agency: It report to the UN General Assembly. It is also a member of the United Nations Development Group.

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