World Urban Forum

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The World Urban Forum (WUF) is the world’s premier conference on urban issues. It was established in 2001 by the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing issues facing the world today: rapid urbanisation and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies.

The World Urban Forum is organised and run by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme.{{Cite web |title=World Urban Forum |url=https://unhabitat.org/wuf/}}

The first World Urban Forum was held in Nairobi, Kenya in 2002 and has been held around the world ever since.

The forum has the following as its objectives:

Raise awareness of sustainable urbanisation among stakeholders and constituencies, including the general public;
Improve the collective knowledge of sustainable urban development through inclusive open debates, sharing of lessons learned and the exchange of best practices and good policies; and
Increase coordination and cooperation between different stakeholders and constituencies for the advancement and implementation of sustainable urbanisation.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}

History

World Urban Forum I (WUF 1), Nairobi, Kenya, 2002
World Urban Forum II (WUF 2), Barcelona, Spain, 13–17 September 2004{{cite web |url=http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=467 |title=UN-HABITAT.:. World Urban Forum II |website=www.unhabitat.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929030120/http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=467 |archive-date=2006-09-29}}
World Urban Forum III (WUF 3), Vancouver, Canada, 19–23 June 2006{{cite web |url=http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=41 |title=UN-HABITAT.:. World Urban Forum III |website=www.unhabitat.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060712090904/http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=41 |archive-date=2006-07-12}}
World Urban Forum IV (WUF 4), Nanjing, China, 2008{{cite web |url=http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=535 |title=UN-HABITAT.:. World Urban Forum |website=www.unhabitat.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070427011638/http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=535 |archive-date=2007-04-27}}
World Urban Forum V (WUF 5), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22–26 March 2010{{cite web |url=http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=584 |title=UN-HABITAT.:. World Urban Forum 5 |website=www.unhabitat.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418172448/http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=584 |archive-date=2009-04-18}}
World Urban Forum VI (WUF 6), Naples, Italy, 1–7 September 2012{{Cite web |url=http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=672 |title=UN-HABITAT.:. World Urban Forum 6 |access-date=2 August 2013 |archive-date=11 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911065400/http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=672 |url-status=dead }}
World Urban Forum VII (WUF 7), Medellin, Colombia, April 2014
World Urban Forum IX (WUF 9), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 2018
World Urban Forum X (WUF 10), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2020
World Urban Forum XI (WUF 11), Katowice, Poland, 2022* World Urban Forum X (WUF 10), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2020
World Urban Forum XII (WUF 12), Cairo, Egypt, 2024

Controversies

In 2023, the World Urban Forum faced criticism from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for inviting the occupation authorities of Crimea to participate in a session. Ukrainian officials argued that the invitation could be perceived as an attempt to legitimize Russia's temporary occupation of Ukrainian territories.{{Cite web |title=Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry responds to Crimea’s participation in World Urban Forum |url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/ukraine-s-foreign-ministry-responds-to-crimea-s-participation-in-world-urban-forum/ar-AA1tInTY}}

References

External links

[http://www.unhabitat.org/wuf World Urban Forum] – official website

Category:United Nations conferences

Category:Urban planning