News and stories
UN-Habitat in the News
UN-Habitat in the News
Press Releases
Press releases
| Turkey’s First Lady honoured as a Champion of UN-Habitat’s Waste Wise Cities programme | Wednesday, 2 June 2021 |
| Celebrating UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration-World Environment Day 2021 World Environment Day 2021 | Friday, 28 May 2021 |
| Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities | Friday, 14 May 2021 |
| Japanese - Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities | Monday, 17 May 2021 |
| Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities | Friday, 14 May 2021 |
| Nominations for the 2021 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Awards now open | Wednesday, 28 April 2021 |
| 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 |
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 |
