- Improving Public Transport Services for Women: A Story from Cairo
- Namibian habitat committee visits UN-Habitat
- Urban experts and practitioners trained in monitoring SDG 11 indicators
- UN forum spotlights cities, where struggle for sustainability ‘will be won or...
- How Afghanistan’s urban gardens are changing women’s lives: Credit ...
- World Cities’ Summit advocates inclusive city planning
- Press Release: Cities need to move faster to meet their 2030 SDG targets
- UN Environment, Yale University demonstrate how to make modern living...
- New UN-Habitat-led report looks at the challenges and opportunities posed by the...
- Sustainable Development Goal 11 Synthesis Report
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Statement by UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Moh’d Sharif on the passing of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi AnnanI join the Secretary-General of the United Nations Mr. Antonio Gutierrez in expressing my profound sorrow at the news of the death of the former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Kofi Annan. He was an...
- Posted August 19, 2018
Statement by the Secretary-General on the passing of former Secretary-General Kofi AnnanKofi Annan was a guiding force for good. It is with profound sadness that I learned of his passing. In many ways, Kofi Annan was the United Nations. He rose through the ranks to lead the organization...
- Posted August 18, 2018
Providing Somali youth hope through job creationMogadishu, Somalia, 16 August 2018 (Mogadishu, Somalia) – UN-Habitat has launched a new training programme for youth in Somalia named ‘Project Rajo’, after the Somali word for ‘hope’, Project Rajo will provide training 400 young women and...
- Posted August 17, 2018
UN Habitat and South Sudan government celebrate International Youth Day in JubaJuba 16 August 2018 – In commemoration of the International Youth Day, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Republic of South Sudan and United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) hosted a learning sharing workshop...
- Posted August 16, 2018
Latin American experts share knowledge at Urban Accountability WorkshopNiterói, Brazil 16 August 2018 – A group of 25 experts from Latin America shared key insights and best practices during the Urban Accountability Workshop on transparency, accountability, and the progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goal...
- Posted August 16, 2018
It’s a festival at UN complex as youth day is markedNairobi, 10 August 2018 – A festive mood engulfed the usually staid United Nations complex in Nairobi when hundreds of young people, partners, top Kenyan government officials as well as UN employees gathered to celebrate this year’s...
- Posted August 10, 2018
Small and sustainable: “Tiny houses” could be solution to world’s housing problems17 July 2018 | SDGs They’re small, self-sustaining – and they could revolutionize the way we think about housing around the world, as building materials become scarcer. Measuring just about 22-square-meters, or some 200-square-feet, a demonstration unit...
- Posted July 21, 2018
Management of Growing Cities Will Have Great Impact on Change Envisioned in 2030 Agenda, Deputy Secretary-General Tells High-Level Political Forum Side EventFollowing are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the 2018 High‑Level Political Forum side event, “The SDGs in Action: Working Together for Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable Cities and Settlements”, in...
- Posted July 20, 2018
Urban Law Day 2018 SynopsisThe UN-Habitat Urban Legislation Unit (ULU), in collaboration with the University of London’s Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), hosted the 5th Urban Law Day on Friday the 13th of July. The Urban Law Day 2018 topic...
- Posted July 19, 2018
Department of Transport of New York City and UN-Habitat Join Transportation Alternatives’ “Bike Train” over the Williamsburg BridgeNew York, U. S. A., 18 July 2018 — Ride from Williamsburg to the United Nations highlights the role cycling can play in meeting modern urban infrastructure challenges – in New York City and around the world...
- Posted July 19, 2018
Cities are engines for achieving the Sustainable Development GoalsMuch of the 2030 Agenda will be ‘fought and won’ in urban centres, where more than half the world’s population live New York City, July 17 – With the majority of the global population now living in cities...
- Posted July 18, 2018
New York, With 8.5 Million People, Among Cities Heading for a Sustainable FutureMaimunah Mohd Sharif is Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and Achim Steiner is Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme UNITED NATIONS, Jul 17 2018 (IPS) – New York has long been considered a pioneer – in...
- Posted July 17, 2018
HLPF background notes on SDG 112018 Review of SDGs implementation: SDG 11 – Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. The pledge of Goal 11 to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable provides an unparalleled...
- Posted July 16, 2018
- UN-Habitat promotes urban prosperity in Global Future Cities Programme
Nairobi, 16 July 2018 — UN-Habitat today announced a collaboration with the United Kingdom Government on Strategic Development Phase of the Global Future Cities Prosperity Fund Programme. The £1.2 billion Prosperity Fund was created in 2015 by...
- Posted July 16, 2018
UN forum spotlights cities, where struggle for sustainability ‘will be won or lost’Through the inherently integrated nature of urban development, the 11th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) impacts a wide range of 2030 Agenda issues from sustainable consumption and production to affordable and clean energy along with health, sustainable transportation,...
- Posted July 13, 2018
How Afghanistan’s urban gardens are changing women’s lives: Credit © AFPJALALABAD (AFGHANISTAN) (AFP) It may look like they’re just planting and weeding, but for the women tending the public gardens of Jalalabad, the tasks represent far more: the rare chance to work outside the home in one...
- Posted July 13, 2018
Press Release: Cities need to move faster to meet their 2030 SDG targetsNew York, USA, 11 July 2018 – Local and national authorities are making uneven progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 of making cities safe, inclusive, resilient and sustainable by 2030. That is the conclusion of...
- Posted July 11, 2018
Sustainable Development Goal 11 Synthesis ReportThe new Sustainable Development Goal 11 synthesis report by UN-Habitat and partners looks at progress and challenges involved in reaching this important goal to make all cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
- Posted July 6, 2018
Effective Implementation Monitoring and Financing of SDG 11- Posted July 6, 2018