Overview
UN-Habitat’s governance structure is a three-tier structure made up of the UN-Habitat Assembly, the Executive Board and the Committee of Permanent Representatives. The General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution A/RES/73/239 decided to dissolve the Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and to replace it with a United Nations Habitat Assembly of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat Assembly). UN-Habitat Assembly is a universal body composed of the 193 member states of the United Nations and convenes every four years at the Headquarters of UN-Habitat in Nairobi. The Executive Board is composed of 36 member states elected by the UN-Habitat Assembly and meets three times a year to increase the oversight by Member States of UN-Habitat operations. The Committee of Permanent Representatives of UN-Habitat (CPR) meets twice every four years in an open-ended manner. The three governing bodies together are intended to strengthen the accountability and transparency of UN-Habitat, and provide an effective oversight mechanism for UN-Habitat to enhance its normative and operational activities.
Upcoming meetings
The second session of 2026 of the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) will be held from 24 to 25 November 2026, at the UN-Habitat Headquarters in Nairobi.
The fourth open-ended meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives will take place from 14 to 18 June 2027, at the UN-Habitat Headquarters in Nairobi.
Previous meetings
The first session of 2026 of the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) was held from 20 to 21 April 2026, at the UN-Habitat Headquarters in Nairobi.
The resumed second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly was held from 29 to 30 May 2025, at the UN-Habitat Headquarters in Nairobi.
The third open ended meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives was held from 26 to 28 May 2025, at the UN-Habitat Headquarters in Nairobi.
| Title | Governing body | Type of document | Meeting | Meeting date Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HSP/OEWG-H.2026/INF/5: Summary of the report on National Housing Policies: A global perspective | Document | The third session of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Working Group on Adequate Housing for All | ||
| Draft work programme and draft budget of UN-Habitat for the year 2021 | Document | 2020 first session of the Executive Board meeting | ||
| HSP/EB.2020/4: Draft annual work programme of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and draft budget of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation for 2021 | Document | 2020 first session of the Executive Board meeting | ||
| Agenda for the meeting | Document | 2020 first session of the Executive Board meeting | ||
| HSP/EB.2026/15 - Report of the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme on the work of its first session of 2026 | Document | First session of 2026 of the Executive Board | ||
| A/74/5/Add.9 - Financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 and Report of the Board of Auditors | Document | Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme First Meeting (resumed) | ||
| Concept Note on UN systemwide Guidelines on Safer Cities | Document | 2020 first session of the Executive Board meeting | ||
| HSP/EB.2026/18/Add.2: Report of the Executive Director on the Implications of the UN80 initiative for the structure, staffing, budgetary planning and work of UN-Habitat (Advance) | Document | Second session of 2026 of the Executive Board | ||
| Logistics Note for Participants – Resumed meeting of the Executive Board (version 07 November 2019 | Document | Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme First Meeting (resumed) | ||
| Version of the Co-Chairs’ discussion paper as at 26 February 2020 | Document | 2020 first session of the Executive Board meeting |
| Title | Governing body | Meeting Type | Meeting date Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st UN-Habitat Assembly: National Statements (Tuesday afternoon) | UN-Habitat Assembly | ||
| 1st UN-Habitat Assembly: Drafting Committee (Tuesday afternoon) | UN-Habitat Assembly | ||
| 1st UN-Habitat Assembly: One UN Meeting | UN-Habitat Assembly | ||
| 1st UN-Habitat Assembly: Plenary (Tuesday morning) | UN-Habitat Assembly | ||
| 1st UN-Habitat Assembly: Drafting Committee (Tuesday morning) | UN-Habitat Assembly |