（维也纳5日讯）马来西亚房屋及地方政府部长兼联合国人居署大会主席倪可敏，今日在奥地利维也纳举行的世界城市峰会上受邀发表特别献词时，提出三项推动全球城市合作的倡议，呼吁各国携手打造更友善宜居、可持续的城市环境。
倪可敏表示，联合国人居署当前正积极推动建设更适合人类居住的城市，全球地方政府在其中扮演了关键角色。为了落实2030年全球可持续发展议程，各国必须同舟共济、共谋发展。
他指出，多个城市的成功案例已经证明，通过彼此合作与学习，可以加速城市振兴、转型与创新。例如西班牙巴塞隆纳推动超级街区计划，成功打造行人友善街道，启发了哥伦比亚波哥大与韩国首尔的城市改造；日本横滨推行零废弃计划，动员社区共同参与，大幅减少垃圾填埋及焚化；巴西库里提巴更通过快速公交系统，成为全球绿色公共交通的典范。
倪可敏强调，城市发展过程中，房屋不应被单纯视为商品，居者有其屋是一项基本人权。如果房屋价格脱离大众负担能力，将直接影响人民获取教育、就业及基本服务的机会。因此，各国必须从制度和政策层面正视住房问题，并注重人文环境建设。
他在演讲中提出三项推动全球城市合作的机制，包括设立联合创新基金以集中资源解决可负担房屋与地方政府能力建设问题，成立区域解决方案中心以应对海岸侵蚀及防灾等挑战，以及建立统一的城市发展指标体系，以便各城市能定期衡量和检视政策效益。
他也分享了马来西亚在推动可持续城市方面的实践经验，包括马来西亚SDG城市路线图、东盟智慧城市网络及亚太新城市议程平台，已成为国际间交流与借鉴的示范。
“只要各城市愿意以人为本、持续创新，就有能力为全球带来积极的改变。”倪可敏如此总结。
出席此次世界城市峰会的还包括吉隆坡市长拿督斯里麦慕纳、房政部国际事务技术顾问许文强博士，以及新加坡国家发展部长徐芳达等人，场面盛大热烈。
Nga Kor Ming urges global cities to work together at World Cities Summit
VIENNA, July 5 — Malaysia’s Minister of Housing and Local Government and President of the UN-Habitat Assembly, Nga Kor Ming, called on global leaders to forge stronger urban collaborations to build more liveable and sustainable cities. He delivered this message during a special address at the World Cities Summit held in Vienna today.
Nga highlighted that the United Nations Human Settlements Programme is actively working to promote cities that are more people-friendly and liveable, with local governments playing a crucial role. To achieve the 2030 global sustainable development agenda, he stressed, countries must stand together in partnership.
Citing successful examples from around the world, Nga noted that collaboration and knowledge-sharing between cities have already proven to accelerate urban revitalisation, transformation and innovation. He pointed to Barcelona’s Superblock project, which redesigned streets to be more pedestrian-friendly and inspired similar initiatives in Bogotá and Seoul. In Japan, Yokohama’s zero waste programme has dramatically reduced landfill and incineration through strong community participation, while Curitiba’s pioneering bus rapid transit system in Brazil has become a global benchmark for green public transportation.
Nga underlined that housing should not simply be treated as a commodity, asserting that home ownership is a basic human right. If housing prices spiral beyond what ordinary people can afford, it directly affects their access to education, employment and essential services. He urged all nations to address housing issues through policies and institutional reforms, and to build more human-centred urban environments.
During his address, Nga proposed three key initiatives to strengthen global urban cooperation. He called for the establishment of a joint innovation fund to consolidate resources for tackling affordable housing and capacity building for local authorities, the creation of regional solution centres to address challenges like coastal erosion and disaster prevention, and the development of a unified set of urban development indicators to help cities measure and assess the impact of their policies over time.
Nga also shared Malaysia’s own efforts in promoting sustainable urbanisation, highlighting the Malaysia SDG Cities Roadmap, the ASEAN Smart Cities Network and the Asia-Pacific New Urban Agenda Platform, which have all become models for international exchange and cooperation.
“As long as cities are willing to put people first and continue to innovate, they have the power to bring about positive global change,” he concluded.
The summit was attended by more than 75 mayors and leaders from around the world, including Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Seri Mahadi Che Ngah, the ministry’s international affairs technical adviser Dr. Khew Woon Chiang, as well as Singapore’s Minister for National Development Desmond Lee, creating a lively and impactful platform for dialogue.
