Activities

World Habitat Day 2010

New York City on October 4, 2010, nine experts gathered at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine at 230 West 125 Street in Harlem, to offer a public forum organized by UN Habitat and the NGO Committee on Human Settlements.
World Urban Forum 5 "Cities for all - bridging the urban divide", Rio de Janeiro (22-26 March 2010)

For more info, see UN Habitat
Event Start: 2010-03-22
Event End: 2010-03-26

World Habitat Day 2009

The Obama Administration will co-host with UN-HABITAT the global celebrations of World Habitat Day in Washington, D.C. on 5 October 2009. This year will focus on the theme of improved urban planning so that our cities can manage and reduce the impacts of climate disruption, the economic crisis and urban poverty around the world.

World Habitat Day 2008

A full day of activities was held both at Fordham University and at The United Nations in recognition of World Habitat Day. The Theme this year, tying in with the WUF IV next month in Nanjing, China, was “Harmonious cities,” and the morning forum focused on “Green cities of the 21st Century: Harmonizing natural & built environments.”

World Habitat Day 2007

The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October every year as World Habitat Day to reflect on the state of human settlements and the basic right to adequate shelter for all. It is also intended to remind the world of its collective responsibility for the future of the human habitat. This year's World Habitat Day was a great success. 

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The committee continues to be the major substantive focal point on housing and human settlements within the international community of non-governmental organizations and other partners in civil society.  Participation in major events:
  
Conference on Environment and Development

Habitat II 1996 (Istanbul, Turkey)

NGO Forum Habitat II

World Habitat Day (Annual Event)

World Summit for Social Development

Commission on Human Settlements

Habitat Partners Forum

Commission on Sustainable Development

Human Settlements Caucus

International Year for Older Persons

World Conference on Women

Global Conference on SIDS

Millennium Forum

Istanbul+5 Process

Financing for Development

World Summit for Sustainable Development

World Urban Forum I  Vancouver, 1976

World Urban Forum II Barcelona, 2002

World Urban Forum III  Vancouver, 2006

World Urban Forum IV   China, 2008

Annual DPI/NGO Conference

NGO Committee on Human Settlements • In Partnership with UN-Habitat • PO Box 20058, New York, NY, 10017 USA