High-Level Meeting on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda
28 April 2022 | New York (USA)
In collaboration with UN-Habitat, the President of the UN General Assembly will convene a high-level meeting in New York City on 28 April 2022 to assess the implementation of the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the Habitat III conference in 2016. The meeting will facilitate an ongoing exchange of experiences among the Member States, Local and Regional Governments, professional associations, grassroots organizations, and business leaders.
Background
Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 75/224 of December 2024, the President of the United Nations General Assembly will convene a one-day High-Level Meeting to assess progress of the implementation of the New Urban Agenda on Thursday 28 April 2022 at UN headquarters in New York.
The objectives of the meeting are to assess the progress in the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and facilitate an ongoing exchange of experiences among Member States, Local and Regional Governments, and other constituencies of the New Urban Agenda such as professional associations, grassroots organisations, and business leaders.
Four key elements will inform the discussions at the High Level Meeting:
(1) The Quadrennial Report of the Secretary-General on progress in the implementation of the New Urban Agenda.
(2) Inputs based on deliberations of five regional forums for sustainable development, which will be made available to Member States by mid-April 2022;
(3) The summary of an ECOSOC special event, taking place on 21 April 2022, with two roundtables: one – on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda, based on the 2022 Quadrennial Report of the Secretary-General, including how it is addressing rising equalities; second – on the UN systemwide strategy for sustainable urbanization to assist Member States in the implementation of the New Urban Agenda;
(4) Dedicated side events organized immediately prior to the High-Level meeting, on affordable housing, climate adaptation, business innovation, and local governments.
Format
The one-day High-Level Meeting will be held in the UN General Assembly hall from 10am to 1pm, and 3pm to 6pm EDT on 28 April 2022. The meeting will stream live-virtual, without any need for registration, on UN WebTv and UN Youtube.
A Summary from the President of the General Assembly will recapitulate the key messages of the High-Level Meeting.
Concept Note and Programme
- Concept Note
- Provisional Programme
The programme of side events for the High-Level meeting will be published on the UN-Habitat website dedicated to the meeting.
Key Documents
- The Quadrennial Report of the Secretary-General on progress in the implementation of the New Urban Agenda (العربية 中文 English Español Français Pусский)
- PGA Letter dated 23 March 2022 on HLM on New Urban Agenda Concept Note and Provisional Programme
- PGA Letter dated 17 March 2022 – AdCom on Urbanisation – of the 2nd meeting
- PGA letter dated 20 December 2021 – Summary of 1st meeting of PGA’s Advisory Committee Committee on Sustainable Urbanization
- PGA letter dated 28 November 2021 on the Programme for the briefing on the HLM
- PGA Letter dated 19 November 2021 from the President of the General Assembly – Preparations for the HLM on the New Urban Agenda
- PGA Letter dated 21 October 2021 regarding the one-day high-level meeting, in collaboration with UN-Habitat, to assess progress on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda
Learn more here: https://www.un.org/pga/76/high-level-meeting-on-the-implementation-of-the-new-urban-agenda/