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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 2025
The 2025 Annual Report presents how UN-Habitat advanced housing-led sustainable urban development as a foundation for more inclusive, resilient and sustainable cities. Framed around the principle that the future of… Read more
Community self-help reconstruction
Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Community self-help reconstruction - Arabic
2008
Published in 2008, UN-Habitat developed a reader-friendly booklet with the aim of promoting community-led housing reconstruction. The booklet provides basic technical and financial instructions that would allow affected families, after Lebanon 2006 war, to plan, in an adequate manner and to finish the reconstruction of their houses.
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Eritrea - national and cities
Urban Profile
Eritrea: National and Cities Urban Profile
2008
Urban Profiling is an assessment of needs and capacity building gaps at the city level.
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Ethiopia National Urban Profil
Urban Profile
Ethiopia: National Urban Profile
2008
UN-HABITAT
In Ethiopia, the profiling was undertaken under the leadership of national and local authorities.
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Ethiopia Ambo Urban Profile
Urban Profile
Ethiopia: Ambo Urban Profile
2008
UN-HABITAT
In Ethiopia, the profiling was undertaken under the leadership of national and local authorities.
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Document
Draft decisions of the 2026 second session of the Executive Board - version 11 November
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Document
Provisional agenda of the 83rd meeting of the ad hoc working of the pba
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Document
Provisional agenda of the third joint bureaux of the governing bodies
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Document
Provisional agenda of the fifth bureau meeting of the executive Board
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Press Release
Media Advisory: Press briefing: Outcomes of the COP31 High-Level Dialogue on Urban Resilience, Adaptation and Climate Action
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Press Release
Former Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo appointed UN-Habitat Goodwill Ambassador for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
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Document
Outcomes from Urban October
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Document
UN-Habitat’s offer of support to Member States through SURGe
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Policy and Strategy
​​​Malakal Integrated Urban Strategic Plan 2035​​
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