World Habitat Day 2022, Theme, History & Significance

World Habitat Day 2022: The first Monday of October month is marked as World Habitat Day. This year World Habitat Day falls on the 03rd of October. World Habitat Day is celebrated to provide decent living conditions to every individual. The celebration takes place worldwide focusing on the condition of our towns and cities as well as stating that it is the basic right of all people to have appropriate shelter. It is the responsibility of a citizen to shape the future of their town or city. As urbanization is pacing up with great speed we also need to think about our environment and try every means to not let it degrade. In this article, we have discussed the History, Significance, and Theme of World Habitat Day 2022.

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World Habitat Day 2022: History

Earlier when cities started to grow due to a lack of planning and resources people began facing difficulties. So a Resolution was passed in 1985 to observe World Habitat Day by the United Nations General Assembly. It was decided that the first Monday of October will be marked as World Habitat Day. The first World Habitat Day was hosted by Nairobi, Kenya in 1986. Since then the day is being celebrated every year.

In 1989, “The Habitat Scroll of Honor award”, the most prestigious human settlement award in the world was announced by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme. The main idea to bring this award was to acknowledge the magnificent contributions of the people in providing homes to the homeless and upgrading the quality of urban life and human settlement.

World Habitat Day 2022: Significance

Each and every individual on this planet has the basic right to shelter. World Habitat Day is commemorated to make people aware that every person on this earth deserves a decent home. The inequality has grown in the cities and there are problems for the settlement of humans because of which the United Nations has mentioned the triple Cs: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Climate, and Crisis. The progress that has been made against poverty has got hindered due to these triple Cs. Urban poverty and inequality have been confronted as an urgent global priority by the UN. To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) actions need to be taken at the local level. World Habitat Day 2022 will be commemorated globally on October 3 in Balikesir, Turkiye.

World Habitat Day 2022: Theme

The Theme for World Habit Day 2022 is “Mind the Gap. Leave No One and No Place Behind”. On this day, the discussions will be on the subject of growing inequality in cities and human settlements. The ultimate aim to observe World Habitat Day is to make the world a place where the upcoming generation should feel proud to live.

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FAQs: World Habitat Day 2022

Q.1 When is World Habitat Day celebrated?

Ans. Every year World Habitat Day is celebrated on the first Monday of October.

Q.2 What is the Theme for World Habitat Day 2022?

Ans. The Theme for World Habitat Day 2022 is “Mind the Gap. Leave No One and No Place Behind”.

Q.3 Where was the first World Habitat Day commemorated?

Ans. The first World Habitat Day was commemorated in 1986 in Nairobi, Kenya.