News and stories Story 11 July 2025 ECOSOC High-Level Dialogue on Adequate Housing for All Story 8 July 2025 UN-Habitat at the High-Level Political Forum 2025 Story 27 June 2025 Improving housing conditions in Kabul’s informal settlements Story 25 June 2025 Turning waste into watts: A Zambian utility’s move toward energy security Story 24 June 2025 UN-Habitat launches recovery project in Gaza + All news and stories Urban Impact Urban Impact Issue 28 Urban Impact Issue 27 Urban Impact Issue 26 Urban Impact Issue 25 UN-Habitat in the News 31 October 2024 Cities Hold the Key to a Sustainable Future. Keep Their Role Central at COP29 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 Press Releases Press releases Apply 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 World Urban Forum in 2026 in Azerbaijan to focus on housing Friday, 30 May 2025 UN-Habitat, Paris, and Nairobi launch global partnership to advance social and affordable housing for all Thursday, 29 May 2025 Tackling the global housing crisis: United Nations Habitat Assembly opens with urgent call to action Thursday, 29 May 2025 Pagination Page 1 Next page ›› Statements and speeches Statements and speeches Apply 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 Executive Director of UN-Habitat speech at the Kenya Urban Forum “Strategic Pathways to Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanization in Kenya” Wednesday, 14 June 2023 Executive Director of UN-Habitat speech at the closing of the second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly Wednesday, 14 June 2023 Communication from the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Kenya for the period of 22 May 2023 to 6 June 2023 Thursday, 8 June 2023 Statement from the Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed to the second United Nations Habitat Assembly Thursday, 8 June 2023 Executive Director of UN-Habitat, speech at the Cycling event in Nairobi Wednesday, 7 June 2023 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 4 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
