BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 15. A high-level meeting
of the UN General Assembly dedicated to the 10-year progress of the
implementation of the New Urban Agenda will be held at the UN
headquarters in New York on July 16-17.
The information was released by Azerbaijan’s State Committee for
Urban Planning and Architecture.
The committee said that the “Baku Call to Action” document
adopted at the conclusion of the World Urban Forum (WUF13), held in
Baku in May this year, outlined key priorities for the future
implementation of the New Urban Agenda. Discussions on these
priorities are expected to continue during the high-level meeting
in New York.
According to the statement, UN member states will discuss
further steps toward implementing the New Urban Agenda, as well as
global priorities for sustainable urbanization through 2036.
The Azerbaijani delegation at the meeting will be headed by Anar
Guliyev, chairman of the State Committee for Urban Planning and
Architecture.
The UN General Assembly high-level meeting will be broadcast
live via the UN Web TV platform.
