摘要：Good news at last – the path for local government involvement in Habitat III is finally approved. On the 22 December 2015, the United Nations adopted resolution A/70/473 on procedures for Habitat III (the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development ) to recognise the participation of accredited local authorities, as happened in Habitat II in 1996. Municipal, local and regional governments can now register for Habitat III either through their national delegations or an accredited NGO. Until December it was not clear that local government – the main implementing agency for the Habitat III and sustainable development agendas – would be involved in the UN member-state conference, but following extensive lobbying local government will now have a presence on this global platform. Meanwhile the 2nd World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments , will be held in Quito in on 17–20 October 2016, in parallel to the Habitat III conference.
关键词：Political science; Local government; local democracy; citizenship; Commonwealth; community participation; strategic leadership; strategic planning; decentralisation; urbanisation; climate change; social inclusion; development; poverty alleviation;Local government; development; urban development
