Improving public health, sanitation and shelter for the urban poor

71. Djibouti has prepared a plan of action as well as proposals for new institutional arrangements towards implementing the National Housing and Urban Development Policy.

More public services will be provided to newly urbanized rural migrants.

There were three plenary meetings, partners' dialogues on urban culture, urban realities, urban governance and urban renaissance, as well as thematic dialogues on urban poor, urban resources, urban sustainability, urban services and urban disasters and reconstruction.

Two years ago, we focused in the General Assembly on another agenda An Agenda for Peace .

The Forum consisted of dialogues among partners on urban culture, urban realities, urban governance and urban renaissance, as well as thematic discussions on urban poverty, urban resources, urban sustainability, urban services, and urban disasters and reconstruction.

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Human and social development (public health, HIV AIDS, cultural diversity, urban safety).

Croatia needed to adjust its policy planning owing to population displacement towards urban areas.

In addition to the Partners' dialogues, five thematic dialogues were held focusing on urban poor urban resources urban sustainability urban services and urban disasters and reconstruction.

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Urban problems

It is preparing a structure plan for Doha and surrounding areas to direct the growth of urbanization resulting from the high demand for urban land, housing facilities and infrastructure.

The bank has 38 branches, primarily concentrated in urban and semi urban areas.

Through this Preparatory Committee can come consensus on a global plan of action to sustain life and work in urban environments.

This is in keeping with the general trend in the world that more specialized care is available in urban centers than in rural areas due to better support facilities in the urban centers.

Urban governance

Urban resources

Urban sustainability

Measuring Urban Governance

Making Urban Safety Sustainable

(c) Urban environment

Urban Assembly

Regional urban development

(b) Urban areas

Quality of the urban environment.

Another such is the National Urban Development and Territorial Planning Programme, the primary objective of which is to promote orderly growth throughout the territory and thus to reduce disparities between regions.

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(k) Supporting improvement of the urban environment through the Local Initiative Facility for the Urban Environment

Rural urban linkages

Urban Millennium Partnership

Launch of the Urban Millennium Partnership

UNESCO Rivers and Urban Culture

Citizen Participation and Urban Management

(d) Urban Management Programme

Mega city and urban development

Urban migration population density

Fifth, increased investment in rural areas, provided for in the government s rescue plan, will help narrow the gap between urban rich and rural poor.

The previous General Assembly provided me with an opportunity to propose a Marshall Plan for Africa .

This session of the General Assembly is entrusted with the task of discussing quot An Agenda for Development quot .

Improving overall living and employment conditions in rural areas, in part to reduce rural urban migration.

Public services are more critical to well being in urban areas and when access to them is lacking, poverty can be particularly acute.

See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty fourth Session, Supplement No. 8 (A 54 8), annex I, sect.

Urban poor Urban resources Urban sustainability Urban services Urban disasters and reconstruction.