Today, Thursday, April 28, 2022, the Minister of Housing and Reconstruction in the Government of National Unity, Abu Bakr Al-Ghawi, participated in the high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly to assess the implementation of the new urban agenda, in the General Assembly Hall in New York, accompanied by the head of the Urban Planning Department, Abdul Hakim Al-Sultani and a number of consultants and specialists at the Ministry of Housing and Reconstruction.
During this meeting, representatives of member states of the General Assembly of the United Nations listened and discussed the assessment of the new urban agenda and their recommendations in particular.
Al-Ghawi also reviewed the steps and decisions taken by the Government of National Unity that contribute to achieving sustainable development goals, including activating local administration by enabling municipalities to exercise their powers, establishing reconstruction and youth support funds, launching the youth housing initiative and needy families, and adopting an urgent short plan to address the existing urbanization situation at the local level within the plan to return to life launched by the Prime Minister for the Government of National Unity.