News and stories Story 12 August 2024 Turning depots into centres for youth in Somalia Story 12 August 2024 International Youth Day 2024: UN-Habitat's commitment to youth inclusion in urban development News 11 August 2024 Executive Director of UN-Habitat assumes office in Nairobi, Kenya News 4 July 2024 ASEAN and China agree to accelerate implementation of the New Urban Agenda and SDGs Story 3 July 2024 High-level Political Forum 2024 + All news and stories Urban Impact Urban Impact Issue 24 Urban Impact Issue 23 Urban Impact Issue 22 Urban Impact Issue 21 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 Note to Correspondents on the President of the UN General Assembly’s mission to Kenya Monday, 28 June 2021 Arabic - UNDP press release on two reports released with UN-Habitat and IOM Thursday, 10 June 2021 UNDP press release on two reports released with UN-Habitat and IOM Thursday, 10 June 2021 Arabic - Local authorities in Heet, Iraq celebrate the handover of UN-Habitat projects funded by the European Union and Alwaleed Philanthropies Thursday, 10 June 2021 Local authorities in Heet, Iraq celebrate the handover of UN-Habitat projects funded by the European Union and Alwaleed Philanthropies Thursday, 10 June 2021 Turkey’s First Lady honoured as a Champion of UN-Habitat’s Waste Wise Cities programme Wednesday, 2 June 2021 Celebrating UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration-World Environment Day 2021 World Environment Day 2021 Friday, 28 May 2021 Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities Friday, 14 May 2021 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 14 Next page ›› Statements and speeches Statements and speeches Apply Message from the UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day 31 October 2021 Wednesday, 27 October 2021 Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive at the Commonwealth of Nations Event Wednesday, 27 October 2021 Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at the Seventh Edition of European Investment Bank’s October Days for Sustainable Development Thursday, 21 October 2021 Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at the World Urban Campaign Annual Assembly Meeting Wednesday, 13 October 2021 Speech of the UN-Executive Director at Innovative4Cities Conference: Cities, Climate Change Science and Innovation Monday, 11 October 2021 Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at the City Expo Malaysia Soft Launch Wednesday, 25 August 2021 UN-Habitat Executive Director’s Statement on the latest IPCC Report on Climate Change Thursday, 12 August 2021 Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2021 Wednesday, 11 August 2021 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 10 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