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Urban Expo draws 60,000 visitors
UN-Habitat recognizes five approaches to adequate housing with 2026 Scroll of Honour
Sustainable, affordable urban setting: Government, UN-Habitat rally stakeholders
UN urges global action on housing crisis for billions
UN upholds housing as a human right on World Habitat Day
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Press Releases

Press releases

First ever World Cleanup Day to launch in Tromsø, Norway Mercredi, 28 août 2024
Global Covenant of Mayors and UN-Habitat to host the 2024 Innovate4Cities Conference in Montréal, Canada Mardi, 13 août 2024
Anacláudia Marinheiro Centeno Rossbach of Brazil appointed as new Executive Director of UN-Habitat Mardi, 11 juin 2024
Study suggests countries can better tackle climate change by working with cities Mercredi, 5 juin 2024
UN-Habitat aims to drive urban recovery efforts in Ukraine Vendredi, 17 mai 2024
“We need a new approach to managing cities” — UN-Habitat presents Annual Report 2023 Jeudi, 16 mai 2024
Global experts start work on UN guidelines on people-centred smart cities Vendredi, 19 avril 2024
UN-Habitat joins the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact Mercredi, 27 mars 2024

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Summary of the Chair, Jader Barbalho Filho, Minister of Cities, Brazil, of the 4th Ministerial Meeting for Urbanization and Climate Change Mercredi, 19 novembre 2025
Speech by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat on World Cities Day 2025 Vendredi, 31 octobre 2025
Speech by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat on World Habitat Day 2025 Lundi, 6 octobre 2025
Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat: Condolences and Solidarity Following the Earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand Samedi, 29 mars 2025
Closing remarks by Anacláudia Rossbach, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-Habitat, at the twelfth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12) Dimanche, 10 novembre 2024
UN-Habitat Executive Director Opening Speech WUF12 Mardi, 5 novembre 2024
UN-Habitat Egypt President Speech WUF12 Mardi, 5 novembre 2024
Statement by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment Jeudi, 8 août 2024

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