International Delegate's Day

The theme of the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Midterm Review of the New Urban Agenda (NUA), 16-17 July 2026, is "Delivering Sustainable Urbanization for All: Accelerating and Scaling Implementation of the New Urban Agenda to 2036 Together". Multi-stakeholder Panel 3 - Delivering Urban Resilience in an Era of Escalating Crises on Climate, Disaster and Environmental Risk . As climate change, environmental degradation, and disaster risks intensify, cities are increasingly on the frontlines of global crises. Despite growing global commitments including under the Rio Conventions, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and other agreements, significant gaps remain in translating these frameworks into integrated, coherent, localized impacts. While many countries have embedded urban dimensions into their NDCs, housing dimensions and adaptation remain underfinanced, and resilience-building efforts are often fragmented across sectors and scales. This p...

The theme of the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Midterm Review of the New Urban Agenda (NUA), 16-17 July 2026, is " Delivering Sustainable Urbanization for All: Accelerating and Scaling Implementation of the New Urban Agenda to 2036 Together ". Multi-stakeholder Panel 1 - Delivering for People: Scaling Adequate Housing, Land, Basic Services, and Inclusion. Sustainable urban development is achieved by and for the people. Achieving the vision of the NUA hinges on responding to the needs of, and respecting, protecting and fulfilling the human rights of all, particularly those at risk of being left behind, including women, children and youth, older persons, persons with disabilities, refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants, persons experiencing homelessness, as well as Indigenous Peoples and local communities. In this regard, the right to adequate housing as well as access to land, basic services, public health and inclusive urban opportunities are ...

The theme of the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Midterm Review of the New Urban Agenda (NUA), 16-17 July 2026, is " Delivering Sustainable Urbanization for All: Accelerating and Scaling Implementation of the New Urban Agenda to 2036 Together ". Plenary segment (Continued) The plenary segment will highlight regional and national experiences in implementing the NUA, identify priority actions and share commitments and transformative efforts to accelerate progress. Guiding Questions: 1. What progress has been achieved since 2016, and what are the most critical barriers hindering progress? 2. What priority actions are needed to accelerate delivery in the next decade? 3. What specific commitments or partnerships can be announced to support implementation? 4. How to strengthen international cooperation to address current gaps and emerging challenges collectively? Related Sites and Documents:  Concept note . Watch the Midterm Review of the New Urban Agenda (NUA)...

The theme of the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Midterm Review of the New Urban Agenda (NUA), 16-17 July 2026, is " Delivering Sustainable Urbanization for All: Accelerating and Scaling Implementation of the New Urban Agenda to 2036 Together ". Opening segment Adoption of the political declaration Plenary segment The plenary segment will highlight regional and national experiences in implementing the NUA, identify priority actions and share commitments and transformative efforts to accelerate progress. Guiding Questions: 1. What progress has been achieved since 2016, and what are the most critical barriers hindering progress? 2. What priority actions are needed to accelerate delivery in the next decade? 3. What specific commitments or partnerships can be announced to support implementation? 4. How to strengthen international cooperation to address current gaps and emerging challenges collectively? Related Sites and Documents:  Concept note . Watch the mid...

On 31 July 2025, the Secretary-General presented to Member States the Report of the Mandate Implementation Review, examining how UN mandates are created, delivered, and reviewed, offering concrete proposals to strengthen each function. In decision79/571 of 2 September 2025, the General Assembly decided, inter alia, to establish an Informal Ad Hoc Working Group of the General Assembly to consider, in its scope, the proposals contained in the report of the Secretary-General and to identify principles and follow-up actions in order to improve the creation, delivery and review of mandates. In resolution 80/251 of 31 March 2026 decided to continue the work of the informal ad hoc working group on mandate implementation review as the Ad Hoc Working Group on Mandate Implementation Review (the Working Group). More information on the AHWG can be provided on the AHWG website. Related Sites and Documents:  AHWG Website ;  Proposed roadmap of Working Group activities through July 2026 ...

Across two ministerial roundtable discussions, Member States are invited to take stock of national-level implementation of the Pact for the Future, using the SDGs under in-depth review at the HLPF as a thematic frame. Opening Segment Ministerial Roundtable One: Delivering for People and Planet The first roundtable focuses on the SDGs under in-depth review at the HLPF, each of which finds direct and substantive expression in the Pact's commitments. Taken together, SDG 6 - Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, SDG 7 - Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all, and SDG 11 - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable represent the infrastructure of sustainable development, without which no other development goal can be sustainably achieved. Ministerial Roundtable Two: Making Multilateralism Fit for the Future The second roundtable centers on SDG 17: Strengthen the means of i...