News and stories Story 22 March 2024 Water, lifeblood of sustainable cities News 18 March 2024 Call for applications open for second cycle of Global Award for Sustainable Development in Cities (Shanghai Award) Story 15 March 2024 Building peace and prosperity in Quicet, Guinea-Bissau Story 12 March 2024 Turning the tide: A village's fight for clean water and healthy living Story 11 March 2024 National and local leaders unite to decarbonize cities and buildings + All news and stories Urban Impact Urban Impact Issue 23 Urban Impact Issue 22 Urban Impact Issue 21 Urban Impact Issue 20 UN-Habitat in the News 3 October 2022 Time to strengthen solutions to the growing urban challenges 26 June 2022 Naomi Hoogervorst on Democratization of Design: "Equal Cities Need Equal Voices" 3 April 2022 Kenya elected Vice-Chair of the UN-Habitat Executive Board 8 March 2022 Urban Thinkers Campus – Transforming cities to be inclusive, equitable, and just through a paradigm shift towards gender equality 16 November 2021 COVID-19 and the empathy revolution by UN-Habitat’s Eduardo Moreno in El Pais Press Releases Press releases Apply UN-Habitat in Tunisia and GDA Sidi Amor (Agricultural Development Grouping) join efforts for green and sustainable housing Thursday, 20 July 2023 SDG11 Progress Report: the world is failing to provide adequate housing Thursday, 13 July 2023 UN-Habitat and Ministry of Environment launch nationwide project to reduce marine litter and plastic pollution Monday, 10 July 2023 Second national Steering Committee convened on the “Resilient Water Solutions Against Climate Change” project in Lebanon. Tuesday, 4 July 2023 United Nations Habitat Assembly ends with the decision to prioritize housing Friday, 9 June 2023 New hosts of World Habitat Day and World Cities Day announced Thursday, 8 June 2023 The Government of Egypt and UN-Habitat announce dates for the twelfth session of the World Urban Forum Wednesday, 7 June 2023 French Development Agency and UN-Habitat seek to advance affordable and sustainable housing Tuesday, 6 June 2023 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 4 Next page ›› Statements and speeches Statements and speeches Apply Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory Tuesday, 7 November 2023 Statement by the UN-Habitat Executive Director on the situation in Gaza Thursday, 2 November 2023 Executive Director of UN-Habitat briefing to Member States on the Implementation of the Second Session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly Wednesday, 6 September 2023 Statement of Poland on behalf of the Group of Friends of UN-Habitat at HLPF on SDG11 in New York Thursday, 13 July 2023 Statement of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, HLPF Plenary session on SDG11 Thursday, 13 July 2023 Communication from the Permanent Mission of the Russian federation to Nairobi dated June 2023 Thursday, 6 July 2023 Communication from the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Kenya for the period of 9 June 2023 to 28 June 2023 Tuesday, 4 July 2023 Executive Director of UN-Habitat speech at the World Refugee Day celebrations at Kakuma-Kalobeyei in Kenya Monday, 19 June 2023 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 Next page ›› Get in touch Are you a journalist interested in UN-Habitat? Contact our communications team. Media Centre contact Ekaterina Bezgachina Chief of Communication ekaterina.bezgachina@un.org Connect with us on Social Media for the latest developments in sustainable urbanization OPENING ADDRESS UN SECRETARY GENERAL VIDEO ADDRESS TO THE ASSEMBLY OPENING ADDRESS PRESIDENT OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADDRESS TO THE ASSEMBLY AI Master of Ceremonies at the Second United Nations Habitat Assembly UN-Habitat on Flickr UN-Habitat on Flickr