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Midterm Review of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) - General Assembly, 103rd Plenary meeting, 80th session.

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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)...

Midterm Review of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) - General Assembly, 102nd Plenary meeting, 80th session.

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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...

Ad hoc Working Group on Mandate Implementation Review - Informal Consultations, General Assembly, 80th session.

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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 ...

Taking Stock of the Pact for the Future - Informal meeting of the General Assembly, 80th session.

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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...

General Assembly: 101st plenary meeting, 80th session.

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  General Assembly: 101st plenary meeting, 80th session. Global health and foreign policy - Item 127: Draft resolution A/80/L.87. Action on the draft resolution Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution - Item 31(b) Debate on the item (continued). Report of the Peacebuilding Commission - Item 28; Peacebuilding and sustaining peace - Item 62; Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund - Item 111: Reports of the Secretary-General (A/80/617 and A/80/651 Joint debate on the items (continued)   Watch the General Assembly: 101st plenary meeting, 80th session! General Assembly

General Assembly: 100th plenary meeting, 80th session.

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(Continued) Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items - Item 7; Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba - Item 38 (Item 7 to take a decision to reopen agenda item 38) Continuation of the Debate on the item. Watch the General Assembly: 100th plenary meeting, 80th session! General Assembly

General Assembly: 99th plenary meeting, 80th session.

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Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items - Item 7; Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba - Item 38 (Item 7 to take a decision to reopen agenda item 38) Debate on the item. Watch the General Assembly: 99th plenary meeting, 80th session! General Assembly