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Teilnehmer am Runden Tisch für Parlamentarier © Peter Goetz
From 22 to 26 March 2010, the World Urban Forum V (WUF5) of
UN-Habitat was carried out in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The theme of
the forum was "The Right to the City: Bridging the Urban Divide".
Almost 15,000 participants from around the world attended the
forum.
On 23 March 2010 the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat (GPH) held
a Round Table for Parliamentarians within the framework of the
World Urban Forum V. The parliamentarians discussed “climate
change and human settlements".
The panel discussion was very well-attended with over 100
participants. It was chaired by the President of the Global
Parliamentarians on Habitat, Peter Götz. Besides the State
Minister of Construction and Urban Development from India, Saugata
Roy, and Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Dr. Anna Tibaijuka, a
total of 20 Parliamentarians contributed to the discussion with
statements and opinions.
At the round table the "Declaration of Rio" of the Global
Parliamentarians on Habitat was presented by Eliomar Coelho,
Councilor of the City of Rio de Janeiro. The Declaration was
debated and approved on the 6th Global Forum of the GPH, held from
18 to 20 March 2010 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Over 100
parliamentarians from more than 25 countries participated in this
forum. The parliamentarians will carry the message of the
Declaration on "Sustainable Urban Development" into their national
parliaments and implement it.
In his address at the closing session of the United Nations before
nearly 10,000 participants, Peter Götz demanded new
partnerships at all political levels and better cooperation between
all the parties involved in Habitat process. "Our most important
resource is the political will," he said. A few days earlier, at
the 6th Global Forum of Global Parliamentarians on Habitat in Rio
de Janeiro, Götz was unanimously re-elected as President of
the Board of Directors of the GPH.