The Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme will hold its First session of the year 2021 from Wednesday 7 April to Thursday 8 April 2021. The session will be held online. The decision to hold the session online was based on the recommendation by the Bureau of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat during its meeting on 11 January 2021, based on the continued unpredictable global circumstances with regard to COVID-19 and measures put in place by the Government of Kenya, the United Nations and the United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON).