India has been elected to the Executive Board of the first UN-Habitat Assembly at the Plenary Session of the Assembly started on May 27, 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The special theme for the UN-Habitat Assembly is "Innovation for Better Quality of Life in Cities and Communities".
The UN habitat assembly was started in 1978 with Nairobi as headquarters.
It is an UN agency to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns & cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.