South Korea has launched a national committee to help realize a UN mission to improve human settlements and sustainable urban development. 

The launching ceremony for the Korean National Committee for UN-Habitat in Seoul was held on Wednesday with the attendance of National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang, Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae and others. 

UN member states are working together with UN-Habitat, an organization tasked with overseeing policies on youth and urban development around the world, but South Korea has become the first country to set up a national committee dedicated to the mission. 

The committee’s head, Park Soo-hyun, vowed in a speech that the agency will try to address social problems stemming from rapid urbanization and provide opportunities for young people in the country.