Acuerdo de Pais Sede entre las Naciones Unidas Representadas por el Programa de Asentamientos Humanos de Naciones Unidas (onu-habitat) y la Republica de Colombia Relacionado Con la Organización de la Septima Reunion del Foro Urbano Mundial En la Ciudad de Medellin

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• Subject Matter: Acuerdos de sede
• Participants: Colombia

HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

UNITED NATIONS AS REPRESENTED BY THE UNIT

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NATIONS HUMAN

SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME (UN-HABITAT)

AND

THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA

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t:GARDING THE HOSTING OF THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE

WORLD

URBAN

FORUM

IN

THE CITY OF MEDELLIN

IN

2014

Considering that the United Nations Commission on Human Settlements

·requested,

in

its resolution 18/5 of 16 February 2001, the promotion of a merger of the

Urban Environment Forum and the International Forum on Urban Poverty into a new

Urban Forum, with a viev· to strengthening the coordination of international support to

the

im

plementa•;an of the rlabitat Agenda;

Considering that the United Nations General Assembly,

in

its resolution 56/206 of

21

December 2001, transformed the United Nations Commission on Human

Settlements into the Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements

Programme ("UN-Habitat") as a subsidiary organ

of

the General Assembly, and the

United Nations Centre for Human Settlements into

the;

United Nations Human

Settlements Programme Secretariat, has decided that the World Urban Forum

(hereinafter referred to as the "Forum") was to be a "non-legislative technical forum

in

which

-

~

xperts

can exchange views

in

the years when the Governing Council does not

rreet":

Recalling that the World

~rban

Forum is a United Nations conference convened

by UN-Habitat which shall be carried out under the United N"'

1ons

values;

Considering that the objectives and the modes of work for the Forum were

adopted during the First Session of the Forum

in

Nairobi, Kenya, from 29 April to 3 May

2002; its Second Session held

in

Barcelona, Spain, from 13 to 17 September 2004; its

Third Session held

in

Vancouver, Canada, from 19 to 23 June 2006; its Fourth Session

held

in

Nanjing, China, from 3 to 6 November 2008 , its Fifth Session held

in

Rio de

Janeiro, Brazil, from 22 to 26 March 2010 and its Sixth Session held

in

Naples, Italy,

from 1 - 7 September 2012;

Recalling Governing Council Resolutions 22/4 and 22/7, which call respectively

for the integration of the World Urban Youth Assembly and the Gender Equality Action

Assembly as component r

,

~

rts

of the World Urban Forum;

Considering that the Government of Colombia is part 1f the Convention on

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Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as the

"Convention"), adopted by the General Assembly on 13 February 1946, shall be

applicable

in

respect of the Forum;

Considering that the City of Medellin was part of a

b1uding

process to host the

Seventh Session of the Forum with the support of the Government of the Republic of

Colombia (hereinafter referred to as the "

Government

");

and

-:;on

sldering that the organizational and financial aspects of the Forum have been

set down

in

a separate agreement (the "Conference Agreement between UN-Habitat

and the Municipality of Medellin, Colombia, regarding the Arr

!Oln

gements for the Hosting

of the Seventh Session of the World Urban Forum" hereafter referred to as "the

Conference Agreement") to this effect, signed

on

14 June 2013 between UN-Habitat

and the Municipality of Medellin whereby the Municipality of Medellin has agreed to

cover the costs and expenses necessary for the hosting of the Forum

in

Medellin,

Colombia, as outlined

in

the UN-Habitat WUF7 Call for Expression of Interest.

The United Nations represented by UN-Habitat and the Government of Colombia

(hereinafter referred to as the "Parties"

),

hereby agree as follows:

Article 1

Place and date

of

the Seventh Session

of

the Forum

I

1.

The Seventh Session of the World Urban Forum shall take place

in

the City of

Medellin, Colombia, from the 5 to

11

April 2014.

2. The Government and the Municipality of Medellin shall work

in

partnership with

UN-Habitat to create momentum locally and internationally towards a successful Fo

ru

m

as a valued platform to

e11gage

citizens and Habitat Agenda Partners

in

the promotio

n,

articulation and implementation of a sustainable urban development.

Article 2

Participation

in

the Seventh Session

of

the Forum

1.

Participation

in

the Forum shall be open, according to the appointment or

invitation that may be made by the UN-Habitat E

xe

cutive Director, to the

representatives listed below:

(a) Member States of the Governing Council of UN-Habitat;

(b) Member States of the United Nations and any of its Specialized Agencies;

(c) Entities that have received a permanent invitation to participate as observers

in

the session of the General Assembly;

(d)

Local authorities and other UN-Habitat Agenda partners;

(e) Intergovernmental Organizations having received a standing invitation to

participate as observers

in

the sessions and the work of the General Assembly

and other Intergovernmental Organizations designated

on

an ad hoc o

continuous basis by the ECOSOC;

(f) Officials of the Specialized Agencies of the Unit

ed

Nations, and of the

International Atomic Energy Agency;

(g)

Officials of the United Nations;

(h)

:=mi

n

en

t personalities and experts with special links to sustainable urban

dev

el

opment and other persons invited by the UN-Habitat Executive Director and

the host country; and