- Designing public spaces using Minecraft brings refugees and local communities...
- UN Habitat Commits to Implementing the Global Compact on Migration
- Residents, diplomats and UN-Habitat staff join hands to clean up Nairobi
- UN-Habitat Executive Director unveils Youth Declar-Action at the Sustainable...
- Blue economy forum will boost water’s potential
- Op-Ed By Maimunah Mohd Sharif on Sustainable Blue Economy Conference
- UN-Habitat leads Africities session on effective local government planning for...
- Chinese Cities Improving in Global Competitiveness
- Resilient cities, a matter of planning for and with children
- UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message
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- UN-Habitat and the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro partner to ensure the poorest of the poor are not left behind
Rio de Janeiro, January 18, 2019 – The City of Rio de Janeiro and UN-Habitat have joined hands to improve living conditions for the poorest of the poor in the largest favelas (slums) of Rio. Implemented in...
- Posted January 21, 2019
UN-Habitat and Kenya’s Makueni county sign pledge to empower youth and improve lives10 January 2019, Nairobi, Kenya – UN-Habitat and Kenya’s County Government of Makueni have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to empower youth and women, improve planning, provide housing and basic services among other issues. The MoU...
- Posted January 16, 2019
New Year’s Message from United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd SharifLike a river, 2018 has been washed away and 2019 is here. Like a river, 2018 was turbulent in some parts and tranquil in other parts. I am very happy that we accomplished much in building a...
- Posted January 2, 2019
Designing public spaces using Minecraft brings refugees and local communities together in northern KenyaKalobeyei, Turkana, Kenya, December 2018 – A year ago, refugees living in the Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement and local residents joined forces to design public spaces in a project designed to reduce tension in the area. The Kalobeyei...
- Posted December 18, 2018
UN-Habitat’s State of Sri Lankan Cities Report highlights fast growth of provincial capitalsCOLOMBO, December 2018 – UN-Habitat in partnership with the Government of Sri Lanka, launched the State of Sri Lankan Cities – 2018 report, the first ever comprehensive analysis of the country’s nine provincial capital cities, at a...
- Posted December 14, 2018
November 2018 Cities and Climate Change Initiative BulletinArticles of this bulletin: UN-Habitat Discusses with Governments and Experts How Best to Address Urban and Human Settlements Issues in National Adaptation Plans Leveraging Participatory Informal Settlements Upgrading for Climate Finance Planners for Climate Action Moving Forward...
- Posted December 11, 2018
UN Habitat Commits to Implementing the Global Compact on MigrationOn the back drop of the Intergovernmental Conference to adopt the Global Compact for Migration for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, UN-Habitat contributed to the 5th Mayoral Forum Mayoral Forum on Human Mobility, Migration and Development and...
- Posted December 11, 2018
Statement of the Executive Director On the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December 2018Today marks the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which recognises, among other things, the universal right to adequate housing. UN-Habitat is mandated to promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements for all. In...
- Posted December 10, 2018
Statement of the Executive Director On the occasion of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Global Compact for Migration Marrakech, Morocco, 10-11 December 2018UN-Habitat commends the consultative efforts led by the International Organization for Migration and the Government of Morocco as world leaders adopt a Global Compact on Safe, Regular and Orderly Migration at the Intergovernmental Conference on the Global...
- Posted December 10, 2018
First newsletter on urban project promoting low emissions releasedThe first newsletter on the second phase of the Urban-LEDS project, or “Accelerating climate action through the promotion of Urban Low Emission Development Strategies” has been released. The project is implemented by UN-Habitat and ICLEI (Local Governments...
- Posted December 4, 2018
Residents, diplomats and UN-Habitat staff join hands to clean up NairobiNAIROBI, 3 December 2018 – A large crowd of residents from one of Kenya’s biggest slums, Mathare, joined UN-Habitat staff members and diplomats for the Nairobi County Government’s monthly clean up. The volunteers, who included UN-Habitat’s Executive...
- Posted December 4, 2018
National Report for Habitat III English & ArabicThe annual rate of population growth in the last census period (2001-2010) has reached 7.6%, the country’s population is projected to reach 2.2 million by 2030. The youth population aged between15-30 years comprises 30% of the total...
- Posted December 2, 2018
UN-Habitat and the Global Green Growth Institute sign a global Memorandum of Understanding on sustainable and green urban developmentKIGALI, 29 November 2018 – UN-Habitat and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) have signed a global Memorandum of Understanding to promote cooperation on sustainable, climate-resilient and green urban development at the Africa Green Growth Forum. UN-Habitat...
- Posted November 29, 2018
UN-Habitat Executive Director unveils Youth Declar-Action at the Sustainable Blue Economy ConferenceNairobi, 27 November 2018 – Speaking on the second day of the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif urged national and regional governments, mayors, regional development oganizations, UN...
- Posted November 27, 2018
New and strengthened partnerships for resilience action at Barcelona Resilience Week 2018November 2018, Barcelona, Spain – Barcelona Resilience Week (BRW) brought together over 200 participants to discuss how to face the resilience challenges of our time. The week focused on harnessing the commitment of initiatives such as the Making...
- Posted November 27, 2018
UN-Habitat and Port Vila, capital of Vanuatu, sign official commitment on resilience buildingNovember 2018, Barcelona, Spain — The Lord Mayor of the capital of Vanuatu, Port Vila, Albert Sandy Daniel, and the Head of UN-Habitat’s Urban Basic Services Branch, André Dzikus, signed a Letter of Agreement (LoA) on 12...
- Posted November 27, 2018
Maimunah Mohd Sharif on Blue Economy Conference: Local governments have to play a role to ensure we achieve sustainabilityThe UN-Habitat Executive Director Ms.Maimunah Mohd Sharif speaking during the Governor and Mayors’ Convention on the second day of the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference 2018 being held at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) Nairobi
- Posted November 27, 2018
Blue economy forum will boost water’s potentialThe Blue Economy is a term that stems from the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) held in 2012 where member states pledged to “protect and restore the health, productivity and resilience of oceans and marine ecosystem...
- Posted November 27, 2018
Youth working for peace in ColombiaNovember 2018, Bogota – Young women and men in Colombia are working for peace. As part of the ‘Urban Peace Labs’ Programme, UN-Habitat and Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA) have run workshops with disadvantaged youth in Cali...
- Posted November 26, 2018
World’s youth gather in Nairobi ahead of Blue Economy ConferenceNairobi, 26 November 2018—Youth from across the globe gathered at the United Nations Office at Gigiri, Nairobi to discuss how to maximise the benefits of the Blue Economy. The Youth and the Blue Economy conference event was...
- Posted November 26, 2018