Angola Challenges UN-Habitat to Accelerate Implementation of the New Urban Agenda

Baku — Angola defended on Sunday, in Baku, Azerbaijan, the need for the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) to accelerate the implementation of the new urban agenda by 2036, as a way to prevent Africa from becoming a space of climate vulnerability and social exclusion.

According to the Minister of Public Works, Urban Planning and Housing, Carlos Alberto dos Santos, who was speaking at the ministerial meeting that marked the beginning of the 13th World Urban Forum, taking…