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
| UN-Habitat Executive Director, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day, New York Local Innovations, SDGs and COVID-19, 30 October 2020 | Friday, 30 October 2020 |
| ED's Intro_English | Thursday, 29 October 2020 |
| ED's Intro_Spanish | Thursday, 29 October 2020 |
| ED's Intro_Russian | Thursday, 29 October 2020 |
| ED's Intro_French | Thursday, 29 October 2020 |
| ED's Intro_Chinese | Wednesday, 28 October 2020 |
| UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif Global Observance of World Habitat Day speech Monday 5 October 2020 | Monday, 5 October 2020 |
| WHD 2020 EDs Message_Spanish | Friday, 2 October 2020 |
