The Habitat III Issue Papers have been prepared by the United Nations Task Team on Habitat III, a task force of UN agencies and programmes working together towards the elaboration of the New Urban Agenda. The Issue Papers were finalized during the UN Task Team writeshop held in New York from 26 to 29 May 2015. This Issue Paper has been led by UN-Habitat with contributions from FAO, IFAD, UNEP, UNFPA and CBD.