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Strengthening the United Nations Forum of Mayors

E/RES/2025/25View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A document of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 16 Regional cooperation, published in 2025.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

3 entities
Entity(Sub-)ProgrammeTitleTotal mandates citedExpenditure
Programme 1General assembly and economic and social council affairs and conference management52—
Subprogramme 8Housing, land management and population16—
Programme 12Human settlements73—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject
Regional Cooperation

What’s in this document?

1 operative paragraph
Endorses Economic Commission for Europe decision C (71), annexed to the present resolution, and requests the Secretary-General to strengthen the secretariat resources and establish dedicated new additional capacities to support the Forum of Mayors with a view to advancing the effective implementation of the mandate of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management of the Commission.
Decision C (71)
Strengthening the United Nations Forum of Mayors
The Economic Commission for Europe,
Recalling decisions ECE/EX/2023/L.4 and ECE/EX/2024/L.16 of the Executive Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) to establish and extend the Forum of Mayors as a subsidiary body of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management, in the form of a team of specialists of a standing nature, to be convened annually, in Geneva, immediately prior to the Committee session,
Noting the unique nature of the Forum of Mayors as a United Nations body for enhancing coherence and complementarity between the local, regional and global levels in the furtherance of a stronger, more networked and inclusive multilateral system,
Recognizing the existence of other relevant United Nations and other international processes addressing urban issues and the importance of cooperating with them,
Taking note of the Pact for the Future,
Acknowledging that the organization of the meetings of the Forum of Mayors requires adequate funding,
1
Requests the Secretary-General to strengthen the secretariat resources and establish dedicated new additional capacities to support the Forum of Mayors;
2
Decides to transmit to the Economic and Social Council at its session of 2025 a draft resolution on this issue for consideration and possible adoption.

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

3 entities
Entity(Sub-)ProgrammeTitleTotal mandates citedExpenditure
Programme 1General assembly and economic and social council affairs and conference management52
Subprogramme 8Housing, land management and population16
Programme 12Human settlements73

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.