News and stories
UN-Habitat in the News
UN-Habitat in the News
Press Releases
Press releases
| UN-Habitat announces winners of the Katowice Energy Innovation Challenge | Thursday, 2 June 2022 |
| General Assembly, local government recommit to New Urban Agenda at high-level UN meeting | Friday, 29 April 2022 |
| Countries gather in Botswana to discuss their efforts to implement the SDGs | Monday, 11 April 2022 |
| Four cities selected to pilot a digital rights governance framework | Friday, 25 March 2022 |
| City of New York Joins UN-Habitat to launch report on the voluntary local review (VLR) movement | Thursday, 6 January 2022 |
| The 2021 World Habitat Awards winners announced | Monday, 20 December 2021 |
| Press Release: Equitable future cities hold answers to pollution, climate and nature breakdown | Thursday, 18 November 2021 |
| Press Release: Busan, UN-Habitat and OCEANIX set to build the world’s first sustainable floating city prototype as sea levels rise | Thursday, 18 November 2021 |
Statements and speeches
Statements and speeches
| UN-Habitat statement on the situation in Iran | Monday, 13 April 2026 |
| Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee | Monday, 13 April 2026 |
| Opening Remarks by Ms. Anaclaudia Rossbach, Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General, UN-Habitat during the Second Africa Urban Forum, Opening Ceremony, 9 April 2026 | Thursday, 9 April 2026 |
| Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat on the situation in the Middle East | Tuesday, 7 April 2026 |
| Opening statement by Kenya during the 2025 third session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat | Tuesday, 25 November 2025 |
| Opening remarks by the UN-Habitat Executive Director during the 2025 third session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat | Tuesday, 25 November 2025 |
| Summary of the Chair, Jader Barbalho Filho, Minister of Cities, Brazil, of the 4th Ministerial Meeting for Urbanization and Climate Change | Wednesday, 19 November 2025 |
| Speech by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat on World Cities Day 2025 | Friday, 31 October 2025 |
