News and stories
UN-Habitat in the News
UN-Habitat in the News
Press Releases
Press releases
| Japan contributes USD 5.5 million for upgrading informal settlements in Syria | Tuesday, 12 August 2025 |
| Bogotá to host global observance of World Cities Day 2025 | Tuesday, 22 July 2025 |
| Media advisory: High-level dialogue on housing | Monday, 21 July 2025 |
| Sevilla Platform for Action launched to boost local finance for sustainable development | Monday, 7 July 2025 |
| The African Development Bank and UN-Habitat scale up drive for sustainable urbanization in Africa | Wednesday, 2 July 2025 |
| UN-Habitat sounds the alarm on the global housing crisis in its 2024 Annual Report | Monday, 2 June 2025 |
| United Nations Habitat Assembly closes with a new plan to tackle the global housing crisis | Friday, 30 May 2025 |
| Media advisory: Briefing on outcomes of elections of Bureau and President of the United Nations Habitat Assembly | Friday, 30 May 2025 |
Statements and speeches
Statements and speeches
| sg_s_foreword_spanish | Tuesday, 3 November 2020 |
| SG_s_Foreword_Russian | Tuesday, 3 November 2020 |
| sg_s_foreword_french | Tuesday, 3 November 2020 |
| UN-Habitat Executive Director, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day Roundtable 1: Towards Africities Achieving The SDGs Through Resilient Intermediate Cities In Africa, 31 October 2020 | Saturday, 31 October 2020 |
| UN-Habitat Executive Director, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day 2020 31 October 2020 | Saturday, 31 October 2020 |
| UN-Habitat Executive Director, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day 2020 Launch of the World Cities Report 2020, 31 October 2020 | Saturday, 31 October 2020 |
| Cities will be critical for the global COVID-19 recovery and building back better according to UN-Habitat flagship report - Spanish | Friday, 30 October 2020 |
| Cities will be critical for the global COVID-19 recovery and building back better according to UN-Habitat flagship report - English | Friday, 30 October 2020 |
