News and stories
UN-Habitat in the News
UN-Habitat in the News
Press Releases
Press releases
| 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 |
| World Urban Forum in 2026 in Azerbaijan to focus on housing | Friday, 30 May 2025 |
Statements and speeches
Statements and speeches
| 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 |
| EGM Towards a New Generation of Voluntary Local Reviews: Connecting VLRs and VNRs - Opening Remarks | Tuesday, 3 August 2021 |
| UNEP Science Policy Business Forum | Tuesday, 3 August 2021 |
| UN Capital Development Fund, Un-Habitat Fused Offering Workshop: Opening Speech | Tuesday, 3 August 2021 |
| Executive Director's speech: Around a City in 8 Questions | Tuesday, 3 August 2021 |
| Graduation Ceremony Mayors Academy (Class of 2020-2021): Opening Remarks | Tuesday, 3 August 2021 |
| Regional preparatory workshop for African VNRs and VLRs: Opening Remarks | Tuesday, 3 August 2021 |
| Executive Director's TPs for World Cities Summit High-level Panel | Tuesday, 3 August 2021 |
