United Nations | Opening Ceremony & Scroll of Honour Award Ceremony - World Habitat Day 2024 (Querétaro, Mexico) @unitednations | Uploaded 1 week ago | Updated 4 hours ago
On 7 October 2024, the Global Observance of World Habitat Day, will be under the theme “Engaging youth to create a better urban future.” The world is rapidly urbanizing, and many urban residents these days are young people, especially in some countries in Africa and Asia. It will focus on how we can engage the new generation in planning their urban present and future through participatory processes and local leadership opportunities.
As our world urbanizes at an unprecedented pace, young people, particularly in Africa and Asia, are becoming a prominent portion of urban populations. This year’s observance will explore ways to actively involve new generations in shaping their urban environments through participatory processes and leadership opportunities at the local level.
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Welcome Address
Felipe Fernando Macías Olvera, President of the Municipality of Queretaro.
Peter Grohmann, Resident Coordinator of the UN System in Mexico.
Fernando Carrera Castro, Representative of the United Nations Children's Fund in Mexico.
Mauricio Kuri González, Governor of the State of Queretaro. Edna Elena Vega, Secretaria de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano.
Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Mexico.
Anacláudia Marinheiro Centeno Rossbach, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
Scroll of Honour Award Ceremony
Winner 1: Ville de Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco.
Winner 2: Alcaldía de Santiago de Cali, Cali, Colombia.
Winner 3: Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh, Ipoh Perak, Malaysia.
Winner 4: Allen Kong, Ocean Grove, Australia.
Winner 5: David Satterthwaite, London, United Kingdom.
More information: urbanoctober.unhabitat.org/whd
On 7 October 2024, the Global Observance of World Habitat Day, will be under the theme “Engaging youth to create a better urban future.” The world is rapidly urbanizing, and many urban residents these days are young people, especially in some countries in Africa and Asia. It will focus on how we can engage the new generation in planning their urban present and future through participatory processes and local leadership opportunities.
As our world urbanizes at an unprecedented pace, young people, particularly in Africa and Asia, are becoming a prominent portion of urban populations. This year’s observance will explore ways to actively involve new generations in shaping their urban environments through participatory processes and leadership opportunities at the local level.
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Welcome Address
Felipe Fernando Macías Olvera, President of the Municipality of Queretaro.
Peter Grohmann, Resident Coordinator of the UN System in Mexico.
Fernando Carrera Castro, Representative of the United Nations Children's Fund in Mexico.
Mauricio Kuri González, Governor of the State of Queretaro. Edna Elena Vega, Secretaria de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano.
Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Mexico.
Anacláudia Marinheiro Centeno Rossbach, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
Scroll of Honour Award Ceremony
Winner 1: Ville de Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco.
Winner 2: Alcaldía de Santiago de Cali, Cali, Colombia.
Winner 3: Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh, Ipoh Perak, Malaysia.
Winner 4: Allen Kong, Ocean Grove, Australia.
Winner 5: David Satterthwaite, London, United Kingdom.
More information: urbanoctober.unhabitat.org/whd
