# WCS 2015: Mayors and Leaders of 64 Cities Declare to Make Cities More Equitable, Liveable and Sustainable

- **Source:** Ministry of National Development
- **Published:** 2015-06-10T10:00:00.000Z
- **Author:** Ministry of National Development
- **Original:** https://www.mnd.gov.sg/newsroom/press-releases/view/wcs-2015-mayors-and-leaders-of-64-cities-declare-to-make-cities-more-equitable-liveable-and-sustainable
- **Topics:** Sustainability & PropTech, Regional Markets

## Featured rationale

The collective commitment signals stronger policy attention to housing affordability and liveability, potentially influencing future urban supply, infrastructure planning and public-private development priorities.

## AI summary

Mayors and leaders from 64 cities declared commitments to affordable housing, sustainable transport and inclusive urban development, for submission to the Habitat III Secretariat.

## Original article

The World Cities Summit (WCS) Mayors Forum and WCS Young Leaders Symposium held in New York City this week culminated with mayors and city leaders from 64 cities making a declaration that they will endeavour to make their cities more equitable, liveable and sustainable.

The declaration noted that they will do so by undertaking long term planning; supporting a culture of integrity in urban governance; promoting an inclusive and equitable economy; working towards providing affordable homes for all; planning and building accessible and sustainable transport networks; building resilience in our cities through systems and frameworks; promoting institutional capacity building, skills development and future sensing; working with communities, stakeholders and the private sector to build cities that are fair and inclusive; and sharing ideas, experiences and solutions with fellow mayors and city leaders. (See Annex (PDF, 202.28KB).)

“Cities play an increasingly important role in realising sustainable development, both at global and local levels. The Mayors Declaration reaffirms cities’ collective commitment to champion sustainability and liveability through strengthening various facets of urban governance and development, such as promoting inclusiveness in economic growth, providing quality housing and transport options, building resilience and capability of our cities, as well as working closely with the private and people sectors to realise our collective vision,” said Minister of State for National Development and Chairman of the Forum Desmond Lee in his closing speech.

Sharing with the forum on Tuesday on his office’s goals and commitment to make New York City more equitable and sustainable, Mayor Bill de Blasio said, “I think those high and noble goals energize action, I think they reduce the bureaucratic roadblocks, I think they inspire new ideas, I think they create unity, I think they create public faith, because the public is looking to each of us again in many ways more so than national leaders, to be the decisive agents of change.”

The declaration will be submitted to the Habitat III Secretariat and serve as the WCS Mayors Forum input to the Habitat III agenda, which will be held in October 2016 in Quito, Ecuador.

World Cities Summit Mayors Forum will reconvene in Singapore from 10 to 14 July 2016.

## Chinese translation

> Translation model: grok_cli

### WCS 2015：64座城市市长与领袖宣言，致力于建设更公平、宜居与可持续的城市

本周在纽约市举行的世界城市峰会（WCS）市长论坛与WCS青年领袖研讨会圆满结束，来自64座城市的市长与城市领袖发表宣言，承诺努力使各自城市更加公平、宜居与可持续。

宣言指出，他们将通过以下方式实现这一目标：开展长远规划；支持城市治理中的诚信文化；促进包容与公平的经济；致力于为所有人提供可负担住房；规划并建设便捷、可持续的交通网络；通过系统与框架增强城市韧性；推动机构能力建设、技能发展与前瞻感知；与社区、利益相关方和私营部门合作，建设公平包容的城市；并与其他市长和城市领袖分享理念、经验与解决方案。（见附件（PDF，202.28KB）。）

国家发展部政务部长兼论坛主席李智陞在闭幕致辞中说：“城市在实现可持续发展方面，无论在全球还是地方层面，都扮演着日益重要的角色。市长宣言重申了城市的集体承诺，通过加强城市治理与发展的多个层面——例如促进经济增长中的包容性、提供优质住房与交通选择、建设城市韧性与能力，以及与私营和民间部门紧密合作——来推动可持续性与宜居性，以实现我们的共同愿景。”

纽约市市长比尔·白思豪周二在论坛上分享其办公室让纽约市更公平、更可持续的目标与承诺时说：“我认为这些崇高而高尚的目标能激发行动，我认为它们能减少官僚障碍，我认为它们能激发新想法，我认为它们能凝聚团结，我认为它们能建立公众信心，因为公众在许多方面比仰赖国家领导人更寄望于我们每个人，成为变革的决定性推动者。”

该宣言将提交人居三秘书处，并作为WCS市长论坛对2016年10月在厄瓜多尔基多举行的人居三议程的意见输入。

世界城市峰会市长论坛将于2016年7月10日至14日在新加坡再度召开。