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Flagship Report
World Cities Report 2026: The Global Housing Crisis: Pathways to Action
The current global housing crisis is the outcome of decades of insufficient investment, rapid urbanization, economic instability, and displacement caused by conflict and disasters. Recent global estimates indicate that… Read more
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Annual Report
Annual Report 2024
UN-Habitat’s 2024 Annual Report, Adequate Housing for All, highlights global efforts to address the housing crisis and advance sustainable urbanization. The report showcases progress in reducing inequality, promoting… Read more
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Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Guide to creating urban public SPACES for children
2026
Public spaces to play are important to children's health and development and are a core right. Yet with increasing urbanization, access to public spaces to play is shrinking, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This guide, developed by UN-Habitat, WHO and UNICEF, highlights the importance of public spaces for optimizing children's health and well-being, and realizing their comprehensive rights. It provides support for practitioners in developing and improving public…
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MERP RM Manual
Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Municipal Resource Mobilization Manual - Building the capacity of municipalities and unions of municipalities
2025
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Technical Report
Lebanon – Building destruction and debris quantities assessment - Baalbek-Hermel Governorate
2025
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BDDQA-Bekaa
Technical Report
Lebanon – Building destruction and debris quantities assessment - Bekaa Governorate
2025
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Document
Letter from the President of the General Assembly on the Concept Note on the High-level meeting on the midterm review of the New Urban Agenda
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Press Release
UIA 2030 Award – Winners of the Third Cycle Announced at the World Urban Forum in Baku
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Statement and Speech
Statement by Şiir Kılkış, Vice-Chair, Working Group III, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, at the thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) in Baku on the role of urban areas in addressing climate change
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Document
Concept Note High-Level Meeting Midterm Review of New Urban Agenda
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Document
Application guidelines
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Paper
From event to legacy: Mega-events as catalysts for sustainable urban development
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Press Release
UN-Habitat and Alwaleed Philanthropies (Global) sign partnership to advance inclusive housing for persons with disabilities
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Press Release
Nearly half of humanity may be affected by a global crisis in housing, according to a new UN report
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Press Release
Record number of countries now integrate cities, housing, and urban services into climate plans, UN-Habitat report finds
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