News and stories Story 27 December 2024 Niš advances SDG localization in Serbia with first Voluntary Local Review Story 16 December 2024 First session of UN Group on housing calls for accelerated global action Story 13 December 2024 UN-Habitat calls for integrated urban-rural approaches to fight land degradation at COP16 Story 10 December 2024 The promise of adequate housing: A human right we must uphold Story 9 December 2024 Historic first session of UN housing working group opens in Nairobi + All news and stories Urban Impact Urban Impact Issue 26 Urban Impact Issue 25 Urban Impact Issue 24 Urban Impact Issue 23 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 From climate ambitions to results: register now for the global Innovate4Cities Climate Change Conference 11- 15 October 2021 Monday, 13 September 2021 UN-Habitat and UNICEF promote uptake of jointly collected data on disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods by municipalities and other stakeholders across Lebanon Thursday, 2 September 2021 UN-Habitat and UNICEF promote uptake of jointly collected data on disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods by municipalities and other stakeholders across Lebanon Thursday, 2 September 2021 UNEP Regional Office for West Asia & UN-Habitat Regional Office of Arab States sign Letter of Agreement to work on promoting cities climate adaptation and green recovery and reconstruction Wednesday, 25 August 2021 UN-Habitat and Habitat for Humanity International renew partnership to address affordable housing around the world Thursday, 12 August 2021 Global CEO Alliance and UN-Habitat aim to support 1,000 cities to reach the Sustainable Development Goals Thursday, 22 July 2021 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 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 16 Next page ›› Statements and speeches Statements and speeches Apply 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 Opening statement of the Acting Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 Monday, 6 May 2024 Statement of the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Nairobi at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 Monday, 6 May 2024 Pagination Page 1 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
