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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospectus on 2020 Safer Cities Roundtable to be held in Vienna | 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 | ||
| Executive Director statement at the extended Bureau meeting in China in 2026 | Document | Fourth meeting of the Bureau of the Executive Board in 2026 | ||
| Programme - EB first meeting | Document | Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme First Meeting (resumed) | ||
| Agenda for the meeting | Document | 2020 first session of the Executive Board meeting | ||
| HSP/EB.2026/18/Add.1: Report of the Executive Director on the Update on resource mobilization (Advance) | Document | Second session of 2026 of the Executive Board | ||
| First Executive Board meeting resumed - Seating Arrangements | Document | Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme First Meeting (resumed) | ||
| HSP/EB.2020/5/Add.1 -Annual Progress Report on the implementation of the 2014-2019 Strategic Plan for the year 2019 | Document | 2020 first session of the Executive Board meeting | ||
| A/ 81/319 (Part I): Activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services for the period from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026 - Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services | Document | Second session of 2026 of the Executive Board | ||
| HSP/EB.1/11-Decisions adopted by the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme at its resumed first session (Advance) | Document | Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme First Meeting (resumed) |
| 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 |