News and stories Story 16 December 2025 Turning floods into opportunities in Kenya’s Nakuru News 15 December 2025 Applications now open for the WUF13 Urban Expo Story 11 December 2025 Shaping the urban climate agenda: Key takeaways from COP30 Story 10 December 2025 Human Rights, Our Everyday Essentials News 5 December 2025 Urban Lingo: A UN-Habitat dictionary + All news and stories Urban Impact Urban Impact Issue 30 Urban Impact Issue 29 Urban Impact Issue 28 Urban Impact Issue 27 UN-Habitat in the News 23 October 2025 Collaboration for trust – How cities build innovation from the ground up 6 October 2025 Urban Resilience in Africa - Reflections from Continental Report 21 August 2025 Adequate, Resilient Housing: A Global Imperative for Climate and Development 17 June 2025 ICLEI brings the voice of cities and regions to United Nations Habitat Assembly 28 January 2025 Expert Voices 2025 | Access to Sustainable and Affordable Housing Press Releases Press releases Apply 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 Voluntary Local Reviews are changing the way we think of SDG localization and the approach to the National Reviews Tuesday, 2 March 2021 Keynote speakers announced for Rural Housing Summit Monday, 15 February 2021 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 23 Next page ›› Statements and speeches Statements and speeches Apply Executive Director's Remarks during the One UN Dialogue at the First Session of the UN-Habitat Assembly, 28 May 2019 Tuesday, 28 May 2019 Executive Director's Remarks during the Kenya Host Country Reception, First Session UN-Habitat Assembly, 28 May 2019 Tuesday, 28 May 2019 Executive Director's Opening Remarks at the Gender Forum during the UN-Habitat Assembly, 28 May 2019 Tuesday, 28 May 2019 Executive Director's Remarks on the Occasion of the Opening of the First Session of the UN-Habitat Assembly, 27 - 31 May 2019 Monday, 27 May 2019 Executive Director's Policy Statement during the First Session of the UN-Habitat Assembly 27 - 31 May 2019 Monday, 27 May 2019 Global Strategic Dialogue Series, Mannheim, 26 March 2019 - Executive Director Remarks Monday, 8 April 2019 Global Strategic Dialogue Series, Mannheim, 25 March 2019 - Executive Director Remarks Monday, 8 April 2019 Global Strategic Dialogue Series, Mannheim, 25 March 2019 - Executive Director Opening Remarks Monday, 8 April 2019 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 28 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