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/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 | ||
| HSP/EB.2026/21: Reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services and of the Ethics Office and related UN-Habitat activities: Note by the Secretariat | Document | Second session of 2026 of the Executive Board | ||
| 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 | ||
| HSP/OEWG-H.2026/4: Proposed resource mobilization strategy to support the work of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Working Group on Adequate Housing for All | Document | The third session of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Working Group on Adequate Housing for All | ||
| 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.2026/18/20: Report of the Executive Director on the Normative and operational activities of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, including updates on the country programmes in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Kenya (Advance) | Document | Second session of 2026 of the Executive Board | ||
| HSP/OWEG-H.2026/2/Add.1: Summary of proposed recommendations | Document | The third session of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Working Group on Adequate Housing for All | ||
| 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) |
| Title | Governing body | Meeting Type | Meeting date Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70 Regular Meeting of the CPR | Committee of Permanent Representatives | Session (Regular) | |
| 69 Regular Meeting of the CPR | Committee of Permanent Representatives | Session (Regular) | |
| 2018-19 Tenth Meeting of the CPR Subcommittee on Country/Thematic Activities (Sri Lanka, Afghanistan) | Committee of Permanent Representatives | Subcommittee | |
| 2018-19 Ninth Meeting of the CPR Subcommittee on Stakeholders Engagement Policy | Committee of Permanent Representatives | Subcommittee | |
| 2018-19 Eighth Meeting of the CPR Subcommittee on Financial Statements | Committee of Permanent Representatives | Subcommittee |