Kenya among the nine African countries elected to the UN-HABITAT Board of Directors »News from the capital

By JEREMIAH WAKAYA, NAIROBI, Kenya, May 31 – Kenya is among the 36 states elected by acclamation to the new UN-Habitat Board of Directors.

Lori Dando, of the United States, was elected Thursday as chair of the board of directors following her first meeting at which the board of directors adopted its agenda and bylaws.

The African countries elected alongside Kenya are Ethiopia, Egypt, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Morocco, Malawi and Angola.

The other elected countries are the United States, China, Japan, Canada, France, India, Sri Lanka, the Republic of Korea, Iran, Indonesia, the Pakistan, Poland, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Romania, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica. , Uruguay, Sweden, Turkey, Germany, Spain and Portugal.

The first United Nations Habitat Assembly, which is being held Monday in the United Nations complex at Gigiri, is scheduled to end Friday with the adoption of a session report later in the evening.

The plenary will also adopt the resolutions adopted during the five-day meeting to mobilize commitments to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 11 on Sustainable Cities and Communities.

The date and the provisional agenda for the second session of the UN-Habitat Assembly scheduled for 2023 are also on the agenda of the last plenary meeting.