From October 17-20, 2016, the United Nations, led by UN-Habitat, will host the Habitat III Conference in Quito, Ecuador. This conference, held every 20 years, will bring together representatives from nations around the world to decide on the “New Urban Agenda” establishing the policy frameworks that will guide the governance of the world’s cities for the coming 20 years. The previous Habitat conference was held in 1996 in Istanbul, Turkey and had two main themes: “Adequate shelter for all” and “Sustainable human settlements development in an urbanizing world.”