On 15 June, the Geneva Cities Hub, in close partnership with UN-Habitat, organized a Geneva Urban Debate on key outcomes of the UN Habitat Assembly (5-9 June 2023, Nairobi). Present in Nairobi, the GCH advocated for a more inclusive kind of multilateralism at the UN. Notably, it called for the creation of a new status …
On 8 June, during the 2nd UN Habitat Assembly (Nairobi), the Geneva Cities Hub organized a side-event in partnership with members of the Coalition for LRGs in the UPR (UN Habitat, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, OHCHR, UPR Info, Geneva Human Rights Platform). The objective was to emphasize that the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a mechanism of …
On 5 June 2023, the conference “What reconstruction for Ukraine? What has been lost and achieved in one year?” was organized by the Geneva Cities Hub and the Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP) in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) with the participation of the cities of Kharkiv and Mykolaiv …
The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on Plastic Pollution met for its second session in Paris (May 29-June 2, 2023) to resume negotiations on a legally binding international instrument on plastic pollution. While the time-frame for the negotiations is relatively short (the treaty is expected to be finalized by the end of 2024), delegations agreed to …
The Geneva Cities Hub follows with great interest the preparations for the 2023 SDG Summit that will be convened on 18-19 September 2023, during the United Nations General Assembly high-level week. Governments will gather in New York to review the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. They will carry out a comprehensive review of …
Governor of La Union Raphaelle Veronica Ortega-David granted Geneva Cities Hub an interview. This is a follow-up to her participation at the Mayors’ High-Level Presentations during the WSIS Forum 2023 in Geneva. What was the purpose of your visit to Geneva and what was its highlight? I had the privilege of being invited by the …
On 17 May 2023, the Geneva Cities Hub, the Mayors Migration Council, UCLG and the Mayors Mechanism joined forces to speak on behalf of the Local and Regional Governments (LRGs) constituency at the 2nd formal preparatory briefing of the Global Refugee Forum (GRF, Geneva, 13-15 Dec 2023). As the international community prepares for the second …
As the Geneva Cities Hub prepares to attend the second session of the negotiations on a new treaty against plastic pollution (INC-2, Paris, 29 May -2 June), it has provided inputs to the compilation that the UNEP Secretariat prepared, based on the States’ submissions. The objective of these inputs is to ensure a meaningful inclusion …
As an organization that seeks to better connect LRGs to multilateral diplomacy, the Geneva Cities Hub will take part to the 2nd session of the UN Habitat Assembly (Nairobi, 5-9 June) focusing on “A sustainable urban future through inclusive and effective multilateralism: achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in times of global crises.” On 8 …
Last month, the High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism (HLAB)[1] released its report “A Breakthrough for People and Planet: Effective and Inclusive Global Governance for Today and the Future”. The report addresses an issue which stands at the centre of the Geneva Cities Hub’s mission: providing formal status to cities and other local and regional …
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