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Annual Report
Annual Report 2023: Local action in a time of crises
In a world grappling with crises, cities emerge as pivotal agents of change. UN-Habitat’s 2023 report underscores the urgent need for urban transformation to tackle issues ranging from climate change to inequality,… Read more
Global Report
Rescuing SDG 11 for a resilient urban planet
The current report shows that the world is off track in achieving SDG 11. Rescuing SDG 11 is urgent for the sake of present and future generations. The report points to the immense opportunities that exist and the… Read more
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Brief
UN-Habitat Brief on Migration to Cities (2018)
2018
This brief looks at UN-Habitat’s work on migration is grounded in recent global frameworks, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2015), the New Urban Agenda (2016) and the Global Compact for Migration, adopted by UN Member States in December 2018. While Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)10, target 10.7 calls on Member States to facilitate orderly, safe and responsible migration and mobility of people, SDG 11 provides targets that aim to increase inclusivity in access to…
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Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Migration and Inclusive Cities: A Guide for Arab City Leaders
2018
Migration, especially forced migration, is one of the defining phenomena of the 21st century. Millions of people across the global have fled armed conflicts, persecutions, natural disasters, and/or economic hardships in recent years. Whether they crossed national borders or stayed within the geographic limits of the country in which they originally resided, their ultimate movement has mostly been towards cities. It is impossible to stop the influx of migrants into urban areas in the foreseeable…
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Activities Report
Mediterranean City-to-City Migration: Dialogue, Knowledge and Action
2017
The Mediterranean City-to-City Migration Project (MC2CM) brings together experts and cities to contribute to improved migration governance at city level, including migrants' access to basic services and human rights. Implemented since 2015, the project is working with the cities of Amman, Beirut, Lisbon, Lyon, Madrid, Tangiers, Tunis, Turin and Vienna to increase the knowledge base on urban migration and nurture a peer-to-peer dialogue to support mutual learning on specific urban…
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Urban Profile
City Profile of Mosul, Iraq: Multi-sector assessment of a city under siege
2016
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in Iraq has published a comprehensive urban analysis on Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city and the focus of an international military campaign to liberate it from occupation by the terrorist group that calls itself “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).”
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Technical Report
Sustainable Urbanization in Asia
2012
Rapid urbanization (together with climate change) is emerging as the most challenging issue of the twenty-first century.
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Technical Report
International Migrants and the City
2005
This new book, which is jointly published by UN-HABITAT and the Università IUAV di Venezia, gives an account of different policies, practices and governance models that are addressing the issue of international migration in an urbanizing world.
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Technical Report
Housing and Property Rights - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro
2005
The hardships that have confronted the people of former Yugoslavia throughout the past decade have been unprecedented in post-World War II Europe.
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Statement and Speech
Opening statement of the Acting Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024
Posted on May 6th, 2024
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Document
Actions to improve the internal management, policies and procedures of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Posted on May 6th, 2024
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