The New
Urban Agenda

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The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) held from 17 to 20 October 2016 in Quito, Ecuador, successfully concluded with the adoption of the New Urban Agenda.

The Habitat III Conference as a whole was a resounding success: 30,000 people, among them 10,000 international participants from 167 countries were accredited in the Conference. In the span of four days almost 1,000 events took place, including 8 Plenary sessions, 6 High-level Roundtable sessions, 4 Assemblies, 16 Stakeholders Roundtables, 10 Policy Dialogues, 22 Special Sessions, 3 Urban Talks, an Urban Journalism Academy, 59 United Nations events, 157 Exhibition booths, 42 Village projects and over 460 side, networking, training and parallel events were organized by various stakeholders.

Habitat III thanks everyone who participated in the conference and its process. Our work here is far from over, and we look forward to our continued collaboration in following up on the New Urban Agenda, the commitments made for its implementation, and the legacy of Habitat III.

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After the release of the Surabaya Draft of the New Urban Agenda at the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the Habitat III Conference in Surabaya, Indonesia in July 2016, the New Urban Agenda has finally been agreed on at the Habitat III Informal Intergovernmental Meeting which took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 7 to 10 September 2016, before its adoption in Quito, Ecuador, in October 2016.

• View the Agreed Draft

This draft was the result of the negotiations at the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the Habitat III Conference (PrepCom3), held in Surabaya, Indonesia, 25–27 July 2016.

It is the basis for the next round of informal negotiations in New York from 7 to 10 September.

• View the Surabaya Draft

The Draft New Urban Agenda has been prepared on the basis of inputs and negotiations throughout the Habitat III intersessional process leading to PrepCom3.

This draft was the basis of negotiations at the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the Habitat III Conference (PrepCom3), held in Surabaya, Indonesia, 25–27 July 2016.

The New Urban Agenda aimed to be a concise, action-oriented, forward-looking, and universal framework of actions for housing and sustainable urban development.

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The zero draft of the New Urban Agenda — which was prepared on the basis of inputs from broad regional and thematic consultations, as well as the policy recommendations elaborated by the policy units and comments thereon received by participating states and all stakeholders — was submitted on 6 May 2016 by the Bureau of the Preparatory Committee for discussion at the informal intergovernmental negotiations and informal hearings with local authorities associations and civil society organizations in May and June 2016, as decided by the General Assembly resolution A/70/210.

The revised zero draft was prepared on the basis of inputs and negotiations that took place during the Habitat III intersessional process, where the following meetings were held:

• Open-ended Informal Consultative Meetings (25 - 29 April 2016)
• Informal Hearings with Local Authorities Associations (16 - 17 May 2016)
• Informal Intergovernmental Meetings (18 - 20 May 2016)
• Informal Hearings with Stakeholders (6 - 7 June 2016)
• Informal Intergovernmental Meetings (8 - 10 June 2016)

• View the Revised Zero Draft - 18 June 2016
• View the Zero Draft - 6 May 2016