Manila, April 25 -- The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) will implement programs aligned with its sustainable development goals following a high-level bilateral cooperation meeting with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).

DHSUD Undersecretary Henry Yap said the meeting strengthened the agency's partnership with UN-Habitat to implement inclusive, climate-resilient and sustainable urban development.

"Over the past two decades, our parties' collaboration has yielded tangible, and lasting outcomes," he said in a news release Friday.

UN-Habitat executive director Anaclaudia Rossbach lauded the establishment of DHSUD as a "significant milestone in the country's institutional landscape." ...