Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat A/RES/68/239 22. Welcomes the hosting by the Government of South Africa of the UN-Habitat conference on the theme “Leading change in the city” in Johannesburg in 2014; 23. Invites Member States and Habitat Agenda partners to formulate and implement sustainable urban development policies that promote just, resilient and inclusive cities, considering the contributions of all relevant stakeholders, and with a particular focus on the needs of women and those who are most vulnerable, including children and youth, older persons, persons with disabilities, rural to urban migrants, internally displaced people and indigenous peoples; 24. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, including an update on progress made in the preparations for the United Nations conference on housing and sustainable urban development (Habitat III), and to include in his report to the Assembly at its seventy-first session an evaluation of World Cities Day, mindful of the provisions of the annex to Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/67; 25. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-ninth session the item entitled “Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)”. 72nd plenary meeting 27 December 2013 5/5

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