Organization:World Urban Forum

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Plaza Mayor di Medellín, Colombia semasa Forum Bandar Sedunia ke-7 pada tahun 2014.
Plaza Mayor in Medellín, Colombia during the seventh World Urban Forum in 2014

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 (UN-HABITAT).[1]

History

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.
  • Increase coordination and cooperation between different stakeholders and constituencies for the advancement and implementation of sustainable urbanisation.

Conferences

  1. ↑ The eighth (VIII) edition in 2016 was replaced with the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development in Quito, Ecuador to adopt the New Urban Agenda.[1]

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.[17]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "World Urban Forum". https://unhabitat.org/wuf/. 
  2. ↑ "WUF1 - Nairobi". https://wuf.unhabitat.org/wuf1. 
  3. ↑ "WUF2 - Barcelona". https://wuf.unhabitat.org/wuf2. 
  4. ↑ "WUF3 - Vancouver". https://wuf.unhabitat.org/wuf3. 
  5. ↑ "WUF4 - Nanjing". https://wuf.unhabitat.org/wuf4. 
  6. ↑ "WUF5 - Rio de Janeiro". https://wuf.unhabitat.org/wuf5. 
  7. ↑ "WUF6 - Naples". https://wuf.unhabitat.org/wuf6. 
  8. ↑ "WUF7 - Medellín". https://wuf.unhabitat.org/wuf7. 
  9. ↑ "WUF9 - Kuala Lumpur". https://wuf.unhabitat.org/wuf9. 
  10. ↑ "WUF10 - Abu Dhabi". https://wuf.unhabitat.org/wuf10. 
  11. ↑ "WUF11 - Katowice". https://wuf.unhabitat.org/wuf11. 
  12. ↑ "WUF12 - Cairo". https://wuf.unhabitat.org/wuf12. 
  13. ↑ Bank, Asian Development (2024-11-04). "World Urban Forum 2024" (in en). https://www.adb.org/news/events/world-urban-forum-2024. 
  14. ↑ "WUF13 - Baku". https://wuf.unhabitat.org/wuf13. 
  15. ↑ Şeko, Ada (2026-03-26). "UN-Habitat chief calls for participation in World Urban Forum for sustainable cities". https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/un-habitat-chief-calls-for-participation-in-world-urban-forum-for-sustainable-cities/3879933. 
  16. ↑ "Mexico City wins bid to host World Urban Forum in 2028". https://unhabitat.org/news/23-mar-2026/mexico-city-wins-bid-to-host-world-urban-forum-in-2028. 
  17. ↑ "Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry responds to Crimea’s participation in World Urban Forum". https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/ukraine-s-foreign-ministry-responds-to-crimea-s-participation-in-world-urban-forum/ar-AA1tInTY. 



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