Experts on urban planning in Latin America prepared a qualitative assessment on the performance of six Latin American national governments with respect to the Habitat II commitments defined in Istanbul in 1996. These experts, through a critical perspective of the urban processes in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico; traced the impact of such commitments on each country’s national urban policies in the period between Habitat II and Habitat III. The analyzes summarized in this section, will be presented as part of the preparatory sessions for Habitat III to be held in Surabaya, Indonesia, in July 2016.