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

Follow-up to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (plenary) - Item 178: High-level meeting on the midterm review of the New Urban Agenda.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 02:59:35
• Production Date: 16 July 2026
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME – UN-HABITAT
• Subject Topical: HOUSING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; CITIES; SLUMS
• MAMS Id: 3609415
• Parent Id: 3607663
• Alternate Title: MTG GA 80 SESSION 103 PLENARY 26 JUL 2026 PM PART 1

Description

In a high-level meeting to review implementation of the New Urban Agenda 10 years after its adoption, speakers in the General Assembly today both underscored the connection between urban policy and sustainable development and urged renewed action towards both given flagging global progress.

The New Urban Agenda was adopted in 2016 at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development in Quito, Ecuador, and endorsed by the Assembly in that same year. It contains a shared vision that properly planned and managed urbanization can serve as a powerful tool for sustainable development, and the Secretary-General is tasked with reporting on progress towards the implementation of the Agenda every four years. The report for this year — and today’s high-level meeting — serves as the Agenda’s mid-term review.

Statements delivered:

• Yemen (M)
• Senegal (M)
• Guinea-Bissau (M)
• Gambia (M)
• Mauritius (M)
• Guyana (M)
• Philippines (M)
• Turkmenistan (M)
• Solomon Islands (M)
• Honduras (M)
• Jamaica (VM)
• Poland (VM)
• Russian Federation (VM)
• Lao People's Democratic Republic (VM)
• Bulgaria (VM)
• China (VM)
• Indonesia (VM)
• Ghana (VM)
• Sudan (VM)
• Cambodia (VM)
• Zambia (HL)
• Italy (HL)
• Pakistan (HL)
• Thailand (HL)
• Serbia (HL)
• Mexico (HL)
• Madagascar (HL)
• Kazakhstan (HL)
• Ethiopia (HL)
• Burkina Faso (HL)
• Brazil (HL)
• Kenya (HL)
• United Arab Emirates (HL)
• European Union (on behalf of the EU and its member States)
• Palau (on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States)
• Dominican Republic
• Guatemala

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