IAARA::IAARA at the 21st Session of UN-HABITAT Governing Council

The World Urban Forum (WUF) is the world's premier conference on cities and the problems they face in a world where half of humanity is urbanized.

The World Urban Forum was established by the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing issues facing the world today: rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities, economies and policies.

The 3rd session of WUF was held in Vancouver, Canada on June 19-23, 2006 and hosted by the Government of Canada.

According to officials the 3rd session of WUF drew some 10,000 participants from over 100 countries.

The first session of the forum was held in Nairobi 2002, and the second in Barcelona in 2004. The fourth session will be held in Nanjing, China in 2006.

Reza Pourvaziry, IAARA President, Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT and Under Secretary General of the UN, Seyed Ahmad Nassry, Governor General of Qazvin Province, Samad Raja, Deputy Governor General of Fars Province, and Mohammadnader Mohammadzadeh, President of the Qazvin Housing and Urban Development Organization, at the 3rd Session of UN-HABITAT's World Urban Forum in Vancouver, Canada.