News and stories Story 23 Marzo 2021 ODS en las ciudades: El enfoque integral de ONU-Habitat para la localización de los ODS Story 15 Abril 2019 Hello world! Story 15 Abril 2019 Urban Planning highlights Story 15 Abril 2019 Urban Insight highlight Story 15 Abril 2019 Ciudades y postconflicto: El reto urbano en Colombia + All news and stories Urban Impact UN-Habitat in the News 23 Octubre 2025 Collaboration for trust – How cities build innovation from the ground up 6 Octubre 2025 Urban Resilience in Africa - Reflections from Continental Report 21 Agosto 2025 Adequate, Resilient Housing: A Global Imperative for Climate and Development 17 Junio 2025 ICLEI brings the voice of cities and regions to United Nations Habitat Assembly 28 Enero 2025 Expert Voices 2025 | Access to Sustainable and Affordable Housing Press Releases Press releases Apply Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future Press release - English Lunes, 29 Marzo 2021 UN-Habitat and the Federal Republic of Germany establish a United Nations ‘Innovation Technology Accelerator for Cities’ (UNITAC Hamburg) at the HafenCity University in Hamburg Jueves, 18 Marzo 2021 Launch of Her City – a digital platform to support girls’ participation in urban planning Miércoles, 10 Marzo 2021 UN-Habitat re-establishes its country presence in Morocco signaling a strengthened partnership on sustainable urbanization Martes, 9 Marzo 2021 Groundbreaking Innovate4Cities Conference to explore climate crisis solutions Jueves, 4 Marzo 2021 Voluntary Local Reviews are changing the way we think of SDG localization and the approach to the National Reviews Martes, 2 Marzo 2021 Keynote speakers announced for Rural Housing Summit Lunes, 15 Febrero 2021 Friedrich-Ebert-Stifung Foundation (FES) to partner with UN-Habitat to advance SDG 11 in Africa Lunes, 1 Febrero 2021 Paginación Página anterior ‹‹ Página 24 Siguiente página ›› Statements and speeches Statements and speeches Apply Speech at the press conference in Istanbul, Republic of Türkiye, ahead of World Habitat Day 2022 Viernes, 30 Septiembre 2022 Speech at the opening ceremony of the 13th Asia-Pacific Cities Summit Miércoles, 27 Julio 2022 Speech at the Commemorative symposium on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Martes, 26 Julio 2022 Katowice Declared Actions Viernes, 1 Julio 2022 Closing speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum Viernes, 1 Julio 2022 Opening speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum Lunes, 27 Junio 2022 Speech of UN-Habitat Executive Director Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif at Stockholm+50: Leadership dialogue series Jueves, 2 Junio 2022 Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at opening the 9th Africities Summit on the rile of intermediary cities of Africa in the implementation of the Agenda 2030 of the United Nations and the African Union Agenda 2063 Martes, 17 Mayo 2022 Paginación Página anterior ‹‹ Página 9 Siguiente página ›› Get in touch Are you a journalist interested in UN-Habitat? Contact our communications team. Media Centre contact Ekaterina Bezgachina Chief of Communication ekaterina.bezgachina@un.org Connect with us on Social Media for the latest developments in sustainable urbanization OPENING ADDRESS UN SECRETARY GENERAL VIDEO ADDRESS TO THE ASSEMBLY OPENING ADDRESS PRESIDENT OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADDRESS TO THE ASSEMBLY AI Master of Ceremonies at the Second United Nations Habitat Assembly UN-Habitat on Flickr UN-Habitat on Flickr