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World Cities Day 31, October 2022
World Cities Day is an annual United Nations observance day held on 31 October. The global observance, first held in 2014, is organized by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme in coordination with each year’s selected host city.
World Cities was established on 27 December 2013 by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution A/RES/68/239, in which the General Assembly “decides to designate 31 October, beginning in 2014, as World Cities Day.
The general theme of World Cities Day is Better City, Better Life, while each year a different sub theme and a location for its global observance is selected, to either promote successes of urbanization, or address specif challenges resulting from urbanization.