World Habitat Day
World Habitat Day is observed every year on the first Monday of October throughout the world. It was officially designated by the United Nations and first celebrated in 1986. The purpose of the day is to reflect on the state of our cities and towns and the basic human right to adequate shelter. It also aims to remind the world of its collective responsibility for the habitat of future generations.
Habitat Scroll of Honour
Habitat Scroll of Honour awards have been given out by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UNHSP) since 1989. The award acknowledges initiatives that make remarkable contributions to fields related to human habitats.
Previous World Habitat Days
| Year | Theme | Venue | Chief Guest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Public Spaces for All’ | ||
| 2012 | Changing Cities, Building Opportunities | Islamabad, Pakistan | |
| 2011 | Cities and Climate Change | Aguascalientes, Mexico | |
| 2010 | Better City, Better Life | Shanghai, China | |
| 2009 | Planning our urban future | Washington, D.C. | |
| 2008 | Harmonious Cities | Luanda, Angola | José Eduardo dos Santos - President of Angola |
| 2007 | A safe city is a just city | The Hague, Netherlands | Wim Deetman, Mayor of The Hague and chairman of UCLG |
| Monterrey, Mexico | Beatriz Zavala Peniche, Secretary of Social Development, (SEDESOL) on "Rescue of Public Spaces Programme" | ||
| 2006 | Cities, magnets of hope | Naples | Vittorio Craxi, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs in charge of Multi-lateral affairs |
| Kazan | Kamil Iskhakov - Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia in Far East Federal Region, President of the United Cities and Local Government Euro-Asia Regional Section | ||
| 2005 | The Millennium Development Goals and the City | Jakarta | President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
| 2004 | Cities - Engines of Rural Development | Nairobi | President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya |
| 2003 | Water and Sanitation for Cities | Rio de Janeiro | César Maia, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro |
| 2002 | City-to-City Cooperation | Brussels | H.R.H. Prince Philippe |
| 2001 | Cities without Slums | Fukuoka | Wataru Asō, Governor of Fukuoka Prefecture |
| 2000 | Women in Urban Governance | Jamaica | Seymour Mullings, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Land and Environment |
| 1999 | Cities for All | Dalian | Yu Zhengsheng, Minister of Construction, China |
| 1998 | Safer Cities | Dubai | Qasim Sultan Al Banna, Director General, Dubai Municipality UAE |
| 1997 | Future Cities | Bonn | Klaus Topfer, Federal Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development, Germany |
| 1996 | Urbanization, Citizenship and Human Solidarity | Budapest | Minister of the Interior, Hungary |
| 1995 | Our Neighbourhood | Curitiba | Mayor of Curitiba |
| 1994 | Home and the Family | Dakar | Abdou Diouf, President of Senegal |
| 1993 | Women and Shelter Development | New York City | Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| 1992 | Shelter and Sustainable Development | New York City | Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| 1991 | Shelter and the Living Environment | Hiroshima | Mayor of Hiroshima |
| 1990 | Shelter and Urbanization | London | Sir Geoffrey Howe |
| 1989 | Shelter, Health and the Family | Jakarta | Suharto, President of Indonesia |
| 1988 | Shelter and Community | London | Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1987 | Shelter for the Homeless | New York | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| 1986 | Shelter is my Right | Nairobi | |
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