Penang mayor to head UN’s urbanisation agenda
Maimunah Mohd Sharif will take charge of UN-Habitat which is based in Kenya.
The United Nations (UN) secretary-general has appointed Maimunah Mohd Sharif, a qualified town planner and currently Penang Island mayor, to head UN-Habitat, based in Kenya.
Maimunah previously managed Penang Island’s George Town World Heritage Site, the oldest part of Malaysia’s second largest city, which is popular with tourists for its colonial history and architecture.
As executive director of UN-Habitat, Maimunah will battle to boost donor funding for the 40-year-old agency, which fell dramatically under former Barcelona mayor Joan Clos.
Another key focus will be implementing the agency’s New Urban Agenda, a 20-year vision for sustainable cities, adopted at last year’s Habitat III conference in Ecuador.
UN-Habitat predicts the number of people living in cities will almost double to 7 billion in 2050 from 3.7 billion today, with many mired in squalor if urbanisation is poorly managed.
Maimunah’s first major event in February will be on home turf in Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, which will host the World Urban Forum, the UN’s premiere global event on cities.
The UN General Assembly is expected to formally approve Maimunah’s appointment soon, the UN said in a statement.
Prior to Clos, who took office in 2010, UN-Habitat was led by Tanzania’s former housing minister Anna Tibaijuka.
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