AMMAN
- The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization (CSU)
Board was held on May, in New York. The meeting was attended by well-known
architects and urban planners, UN officials and policy makers serving as
members of the CSU Board. 

As
a founding father of the CSU and Chairman of its Board, Dr.  Abu Ghazaleh
inaugurated the meeting.

In
his opening remarks, Dr. Abu Ghazaleh praised the CSU leadership and members of
the Board for their outstanding work and dedication in leading the CSU with
great success even though the external environment has become more uncertain
and less conducive to promoting international cooperation to achieve common
goals.

He
pointed out that CSU was a shining example and a good template of how to
mobilize the vibrant energy of civil society removed from the political debates
of the day to carry on the essential work that needs to be done to support and
sustain the shared goal of building a better future for the entire human
family. "CSU is now needed more than ever before", Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh
affirmed.

He
also noted with satisfaction that in the years since its creation in 2009, CSU
has grown into a highly active and creative global professional network with a
wide range of activities, using digital and other means, successfully engaging
the global community of urban practitioners and policy-makers to promote, in
close cooperation with the United Nations, sustainable  and resilient
urban development around the world in support of UN Sustainable Development
Goal 11.

He
lauded the rich exchanges of information, experiences and ideas generated by
its digital seminars on green cities, UN based conferences and events,
scholarships and exchange programs which have attracted the attention and
respect of all those who want to see our rapidly urbanizing planet move to a
more sustainable path.

Dr.
Abu Ghazaleh urged all to continue to move forward towards peaceful cooperation
and stability saying there is no better way of doing so than by collaborating
in thoughtful and constructive endeavors.

He
expressed his confidence that CSU will continue to expand its reach and to
provide a powerful platform for discussing ideas and initiatives for
sustainable urban development in all parts of the world.

Members
of the Board unanimously thanked Dr. Abu Ghazaleh for his visionary leadership
and for his thoughtful guidance to the CSU and recommitted themselves to help
make his vision and ideas a living reality.