First World Cities Day Event

"Better City, Better Life" – unter diesem Motto fand am 31. Oktober 2014 erstmals der World Cities Day von UN-Habitat, dem Weltsiedlungsprogramm der Vereinten Nationen, statt. Der 31. Oktober soll damit jährlich auf die Herausforderungen und Chancen der Entwicklung unserer Städte im Zeitalter der Urbanisierung hinweisen. Erster Gastgeber der Kampagne war 2014 Shanghai.

World Cities Day was established on 27 December 2013 by the General Assembly in it’s resolution A/RES/68/239, in which the General Assembly “decides to designate 31 October, beginning in 2014, as World Cities Day, invites States, the United Nations system, in particular UN-Habitat, relevant international organizations, civil society and all relevant stakeholders to observe and raise awareness of the Day […]“
The general theme of World Cities Day is Better City, Better Life. The first World Cities Day on 31 October 2014 was hosted by Shanghai Municipality, in the People’s Republic of China.