World Cities Day: The development of the city has also started gradually and the government also does a lot of work for its development. World Cities Day is celebrated every year on 31 October to promote global urbanization. Compared to earlier, the cities have started developing a lot, where earlier some essential things were not there, now every facility is available. Now many cities have come under the category of smart cities, let us know when the celebration of World Cities Day started today.
If we give information about the history of this day and when it started celebrating, then in December 2013, through a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), it was announced to celebrate World Cities Day. The first World Cities Day was organized in the year 2014. It is said that, in the year 1976, the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements implemented the UNGA decision to establish World Cities Day. Many organizations work to celebrate this day, including the UN-Habitat program which promotes the development of sustainable cities in line with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11. In addition, the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) is a United Nations agency for human settlements and sustainable urban development.
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Talking about the theme of World Cities Day, the theme keeps changing every year in which this time the theme of World Cities Day 2024 is “Youth leading climate and local action for cities”. The theme emphasizes the role of youth in advancing climate action and shaping urban futures. The creators of the coming era are the youth who will work in the development of the country. World Cities Day is being celebrated taking these as the basis.
World Cities Day helps address challenges to urbanization by bringing together all stakeholders concerned with local and global urban development.
London, United Kingdom)
Paris, France)
New York (United States of America)
Tokyo (Japan)
Singapore (Singapore)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
San Francisco (USA)
Barcelona, Spain)
Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Seoul, South Korea)
