The Under-Secretary and Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif, visited Mexico to attend an urban agenda with different key actors of the country. Her stay in Mexico represented the first official visit of the Executive Director to Latin America.
November 12, 2018 | Share
The arrival
The Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, arrived to Mexico on the night of November 8, 2018, on her first official visit to the country.
UN Country Team meeting
On November 9, as the first activity of her agenda, she met with the representatives of the Agencies of the United Nations System in Mexico.
The interview
Later, Mrs. Sharif was interviewed by Blanche Petrich for the newspaper La Jornada.
Read the interview here (in spanish).
Forum of Mayors for the New Urban Agenda
Subsequently, Maimunah Mohd Sharif was at the Forum of Mayors for the New Urban Agenda to present, together with the President of Mexico and government officials, the results of the calculation of the City Prosperity Index, CPI, carried out in 305 cities in Mexico, what represents 90% of the country's urban population.
The Forum of Mayors ended with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Infonavit to update the measurement of the CPI in the municipalities of Mexico for the years 2021, 2024, 2027 and 2030.
Meeting with majors
After the Forum, Maimunah Mohd Sharif met with the attending mayors to whom she shared her experience as a former mayor of Penang Island. All the details of this meeting here (in spanish)
Majors listened to the Director Mohd Sharif and had the opportunity to express their questions about the different challenges that local governments face in their day to day affairs.
UN-Habitat Mexico Women's Team
To end the event, Ms. Sharif gather with the women's team of UN-Habitat Mexico.
I want my city with greater gender inclusion.
UNIAPRAVI meeting
During the afternoon of November 9, the Director of UN-Habitat met with Sebastián Fernández president of UNIAPRAVI to talk about the importance of the private sector in the implementation of the New Urban Agenda.
FONATUR meeting
The Director of UN-Habitat also met with Rogelio Jiménez Pons, designated director of the National Fund for Tourism Promotion, FONATUR, for the new government administration. The reunion served to explore future territorial development opportunities associated with strategic projects in the southeast region.
Meeting with SEDATU
After that meeting, Ms. Sharif met with Román Meyer Falcón, designated Minister of the Secretariat of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development, Sedatu, for the new government administration. During the meeting they shared opinions on how effective actions in the territory can improve the lives of people living in cities. Learn more about this meeting (in spanish).
Visit to Mexico office
As final part of her mission, the Executive Director, Maimunah Mohd Sharif visited the UN-Habitat Mexico Office where she learned about the projects and the work that is taking place in the country.
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