Population Division - Cities

Expert group meeting on sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration

MSTOCKTO — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:42:00 +0000

Thursday, 07 September 2017 - 10:00am to Friday, 08 September 2017 - 6:00pm

Overview

Urbanization and migration are profoundly important demographic phenomena affecting population growth and decline, and the spatial distribution of populations both between and within countries. The two processes have significant development impacts at the global, regional, national and subnational levels, and they are closely interconnected. Cities are centres of demographic, social, economic and political change, attracting migrants from near and far.

Recognizing the importance of these topics, the Commission on Population and Development decided that the thematic focus of its fifty-first session in April 2018 will be on “Sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration”. The Population Division is organizing an expert group meeting on this topic, to be held in New York from 7 to 8 September 2017 (UN Headquarters, 7 September – CR12 and 8 September – CR1).

The meeting will examine (a) new evidence regarding trends in urbanization and migration, (b) analyses of their development impacts, and (c) implications for policy, governance and planning. The focus of the discussion will range from the global to the local level, with the goal of identifying substantive connections across geographic and organizational levels, and encouraging coordinated policy responses based on a whole-of-government approach.

The experts will also explore the significance of migration, urbanization and cities for the follow-up to the relevant pillars of the global development agenda (i.e., Programme of Action from the International Conference on Population and Development, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants and the New Urban Agenda).

News and media

World Cities Day

MSTOCKTO — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 15:49:33 +0000

Wednesday, 31 October 2018 - 10:00am

The United Nations General Assembly has designated the 31st of October as World Cities Day, by its resolution 68/239. The Day is expected to greatly promote the international community’s interest in global urbanization, push forward cooperation among countries in meeting opportunities and addressing challenges of urbanization, and contributing to sustainable urban development around the world.

Commission on Population and Development, fifty-first session (2018)

MSTOCKTO — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:51:00 +0000

Monday, 09 April 2018 - 10:00am to Friday, 13 April 2018 - 8:00pm

Sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration

Members of the Commission

Bureau members

Dr. Ion Jinga (Romania) - Eastern-European Group (Chair)
Ms. Zandile Bhengu (South Africa) - African Group (Vice-Chair)
Mr. Jawad Ali (Pakistan) - Asia-Pacific Group (Vice-Chair)
Ms. Nicola Barker-Murphy (Jamaica) - Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) (Vice-Chair)
Mr. René Lauer (Luxembourg) - Western European and Others Group (WEOG) (Vice-Chair)

List of delegations (E/CN.9/2018/INF/1)

Report of the Commission on its 51st session

Decisions

Report on the flow of financial resources for assisting in the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development

Special theme for the fifty-third session of the Commission on Population and Development in 2020
Provisional agenda for the fifty-second session of the Commission (E/CN.9/2018/L.2)

Country statements delivered in closing session
Australia	Brazil	Cabo Verde
Holy See	Philippines	South Africa
Tunisia (on behalf of Australia, Austria, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Canada, Cambodia, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Liberia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Philippines, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Tunisia, United Kingdom and Uruguay)	United States of America