Egypt’s foreign ministry revealed on Wednesday that the country was chosen as the Executive Board of UN-Habitat – United Nations Human Settlements Programme, the United Nations agency for human settlements and sustainable urban development, for the next four years. The other nominated African countries included Morocco, Kenya, Ethiopia, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Senegal, Angola and Malawi, the ministry said in a statement. The statement reads that this election is considered a “recognition of the Egyptian government’s efforts to implement urban planning and development projects to build new cities, eliminate slums and rehabilitate areas unsuitable for habitation.” The 193-nation assembly convenes every four years at the headquarters of UN-Habitat in the Kenyan capital. The Executive Board is made up of 36 elected members and meets three times a year to boost the oversight of UN-Habitat operations. The UN-Habitat Assembly, which assembles every four years in Kenya, said in a statement that it will adopt “global norms and policies that will guide how cities and communities are planned, managed and governed.” Recently, there have been several efforts to refurbish many of Egypt’s old buildings and developments, for instance Cairo’s…
UN Habitat Names Egypt as its Executive Board for the Next Four Years
May 30, 2019
