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UN-Habitat in the News
UN-Habitat in the News
Press Releases
Press releases
| Media advisory: World Cities Day 2025 global celebrations in Bogotá | Wednesday, 22 October 2025 |
| World Habitat Day 2025: Urban crisis response | Monday, 6 October 2025 |
| UN-Habitat announces 2025 Scroll of Honour Award winners | Tuesday, 30 September 2025 |
| UNGA80: Member States launch call to action to prioritize adequate housing | Friday, 26 September 2025 |
| Registration opens for the UN’s largest urban conference – WUF13 in Baku | Wednesday, 24 September 2025 |
| UN-Habitat and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia partner for recovery in Syria and Sudan | Sunday, 21 September 2025 |
| UN-Habitat calls for urgent action on textile waste as cities join World Cleanup Day 2025 | Friday, 19 September 2025 |
| UN-Habitat inaugurates its Canada office in Montreal to support adequate, climate-smart housing solutions | Thursday, 18 September 2025 |
Statements and speeches
Statements and speeches
| Speech by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat on World Habitat Day 2025 | Monday, 6 October 2025 |
| Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat: Condolences and Solidarity Following the Earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand | Saturday, 29 March 2025 |
| Closing remarks by Anacláudia Rossbach, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-Habitat, at the twelfth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12) | Sunday, 10 November 2024 |
| UN-Habitat Executive Director Opening Speech WUF12 | Tuesday, 5 November 2024 |
| UN-Habitat Egypt President Speech WUF12 | Tuesday, 5 November 2024 |
| Statement by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment | Thursday, 8 August 2024 |
| UN-Habitat's statement at the Preparatory Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development | Tuesday, 23 July 2024 |
| Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on famine in Sudan | Thursday, 30 May 2024 |
