Comoros

The Third United Nations Conference on Habitat will be held in 2016 and will focus on the issue of urban sustainable development.

As a reminder, the Habitat II Conference, held in June 1996 in Istanbul, also called "World Cities Summit" had the objective of improving the living conditions and populations hosting in the city "guaranteeing decent housing to all and to make human settlements safer, healthier, more possible to live in, sustainable fair and productive."

Within the context of preparations of Habitat III, UN‐Habitat has recommended each country to prepare a national report to make the point of progress made since the Istanbul Summit and assess the challenges to improve living conditions in cities. Thus, the national report will follow the recommendations of the guidelines for the preparation of Habitat III national reports provided by UN‐Habitat .

In fact, the present report will address the issues and challenges of urban development around seven themes which are urban demography, land development and urban planning, environment and urbanization, governance and urban legislation, urban economy, housing and urban services, and finally urban land. Details related to each of these themes will be given in the second report. To better understand the local context, a specific chapter will be devoted in part on the results of consultations and interviews conducted with partners for the "New Urban Agenda" which reflects the concerns of urban and social development actors.