The 22nd Session of the Governing Council was held from 30 March to 3 April 2009 at the UN-HABITAT headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. The theme of the session was "Promoting affordable housing finance systems in an urbanising world in the face of the global financial crisis and climate change".
The Governing Council meets every two years to assess the work of UN-HABITAT and cooperation between UN-HABITAT and its partners. During these meetings, the objectives and budget of UN-HABITAT are set for the next two-year period.
Within the framework of this event, the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat (GPH) organised a roundtable and held a meeting of the GPH Board of Directors. In addition, MP Relu Fenechiu (Romania) from the GPH served as a panelist at the UN-HABITAT dialogue "Affordable housing finance systems in the face of the global financial crisis".
Under the chair of Mariam Nalubega (Uganda), the parliamentarians at the roundtable drafted a resolution which Ms. Nalubega presented to the participants of the 22nd Governing Council at the Council’s closing event.
During the session, GPH Africa also regrouped and elected a new board of directors. The members of the new board of directors are the following: