Anna K. Tibaijuka is Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, the first African woman elected by the UN General Assembly as Under-Secretary-General of a United Nations programme, and is currently serving a second four-year term. In 2005, she served as the Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Human Settlements Issues in Zimbabwe. Dr. Tibaijuka is currently a member of the World Health Organization Commission on the Social Determinants of Health and of the Advisory Board of the Commission on the Legal Empowerment of the Poor.
Supporting Towns and Cities to Achieve the MDGs – Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers
It has been eight years since world leaders made a commitment to eradicate extreme poverty through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These Goals are aimed at achieving universal primary education, empowering women, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, fighting HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and forging a new partnership for development.