News and stories

Media Reports on World Habitat Day 2021
Urban missions are important components of climate change: Puri
African Union Commission at the 2021 World Habitat Day Celebration
Journée mondiale de l’habitat : la maison de demain plus qu’un toit
Rethinking the cities of tomorrow for a more habitable world
Le Cameroun célèbre la 35e édition de la journée internationale de l’habitat
+ More
Media Reports on World Cities Day 2021
ICLEI’s Daring Cities Forum Set to Take On the Climate Emergency in Cities
+ More
UN-Habitat in the News
Kenya elected Vice-Chair of the UN-Habitat Executive Board
Urban Thinkers Campus – Transforming cities to be inclusive, equitable, and just through a paradigm shift towards gender equality
COVID-19 and the empathy revolution by UN-Habitat’s Eduardo Moreno in El Pais
Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram on City We Need Now launch on World Cities Day
Dealing with new realities: Cities must adapt to climate change
+ More

Press Releases

General Assembly, local government recommit to New Urban Agenda at high-level UN meeting Friday, 29 April 2022
Countries gather in Botswana to discuss their efforts to implement the SDGs Monday, 11 April 2022
Four cities selected to pilot a digital rights governance framework Friday, 25 March 2022
City of New York Joins UN-Habitat to launch report on the voluntary local review (VLR) movement Thursday, 6 January 2022
The 2021 World Habitat Awards winners announced Monday, 20 December 2021
Press Release: Equitable future cities hold answers to pollution, climate and nature breakdown Thursday, 18 November 2021
Press Release: Busan, UN-Habitat and OCEANIX set to build the world’s first sustainable floating city prototype as sea levels rise Thursday, 18 November 2021
New Council on Urban Initiatives puts cities at the crossroads of addressing urgent grand challenges through innovation Saturday, 6 November 2021

Statements and speeches

Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at opening the 9th Africities Summit on the rile of intermediary cities of Africa in the implementation of the Agenda 2030 of the United Nations and the African Union Agenda 2063 Tuesday, 17 May 2022
Statement by Mr Walter Cotte on behalf of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Monday, 9 May 2022
Statement of Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in New York on 28 April 2022 Friday, 29 April 2022
Pre-meeting on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda Tuesday, 29 March 2022
Keynote Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at Jakarta Development Collaboration Network Thursday, 16 December 2021
Message from the UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day 31 October 2021 Sunday, 31 October 2021
Message from the UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day 31 October 2021 Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive at the Commonwealth of Nations Event Wednesday, 27 October 2021

Get in touch

Are you a journalist interested in UN-Habitat? Contact our communications team.
Ekaterina Bezgachina
Ekaterina Bezgachina

Chief of Communication

ekaterina.bezgachina@un.org

Connect with us on Social Media for the latest developments in sustainable urbanization
+ More Newsletters

Videos

Video

Good Morning Kenya PT 1 - The View Point ft Maimunah Mohd Sharif - Excecutive Director UN Habitat

Video

UN-Habitat Executive Director does the Safe Hands Challenge