News and stories News 27 October 2025 Member States welcome new policy roadmap for adequate housing News 21 October 2025 Member States to advance global housing policy recommendations News 16 October 2025 Second session of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Working Group on Adequate Housing for All News 9 October 2025 UN report calls for urgent action to end homelessness News 8 October 2025 Global Champions issue call to action on adequate and affordable housing + All news and stories Urban Impact Urban Impact Issue 29 Urban Impact Issue 28 Urban Impact Issue 27 Urban Impact Issue 26 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 Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future Press release - Spanish Tuesday, 30 March 2021 Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future Press release - French Monday, 29 March 2021 Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future Press release - Arabic Monday, 29 March 2021 Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future Press release - English Monday, 29 March 2021 UN-Habitat and the Federal Republic of Germany establish a United Nations ‘Innovation Technology Accelerator for Cities’ (UNITAC Hamburg) at the HafenCity University in Hamburg Thursday, 18 March 2021 Launch of Her City – a digital platform to support girls’ participation in urban planning Wednesday, 10 March 2021 UN-Habitat re-establishes its country presence in Morocco signaling a strengthened partnership on sustainable urbanization Tuesday, 9 March 2021 Groundbreaking Innovate4Cities Conference to explore climate crisis solutions Thursday, 4 March 2021 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 22 Next page ›› Statements and speeches Statements and speeches Apply High Level Political Forum 2020: UCLG and UN-Habitat Voluntary Local Review Series Launch Wednesday, 08 July 2020 Wednesday, 8 July 2020 High Level Political Forum 2020: Voluntary National Review Lab: Multi-level governance and subnational reporting on Voluntary National Reviews and Voluntary Local Reviews. Wednesday, 8 July 2020 Wednesday, 8 July 2020 Ministerial Session Brussels IV Conference for Syria and the Region Tuesday, 30 June 2020 Tuesday, 30 June 2020 Foundations and Philanthropy Briefing, Tuesday 30 June 2020 Tuesday, 30 June 2020 Opening Remarks by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, 29 June 2020 Monday, 29 June 2020 Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Safer Cities, Thursday, 25 June Thursday, 25 June 2020 High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen, 2 June 2020 Tuesday, 2 June 2020 UCLG Executive Bureau Opening Speech, 29 May 2020 Friday, 29 May 2020 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 18 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
