Interviews

In an interview to Meera VM, UN-Habitat’s Executive Director ‘Maimunah Mohd Sharif’ speaks about the Future of Cities and implementation of the ‘New Urban Agenda’

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The New Urban Agenda (NUA) is an accelerator to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 11 - Sustainable cities and communities. NUA envisions the Future of Cities in 2030 as “inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and human settlements to foster prosperity and quality of life; cities for all where no-one & no-place is left behind.”…

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Exclusive Interview: Hardeep Singh Puri, MoS, MoHUA, India | What India is doing, broadly conforms to the New Urban Agenda says MoS Puri.

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The ninth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF9) was convened by UN-Habitat during 7-13 February 2018 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, India, was representing Government of India at WUF9. I had an opportunity to interview him. Here is what he says: