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
| Speech by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat on World Habitat Day 2025 | Monday, 6 October 2025 |
| Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat: Condolences and Solidarity Following the Earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand | Saturday, 29 March 2025 |
| Closing remarks by Anacláudia Rossbach, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-Habitat, at the twelfth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12) | Sunday, 10 November 2024 |
| UN-Habitat Executive Director Opening Speech WUF12 | Tuesday, 5 November 2024 |
| UN-Habitat Egypt President Speech WUF12 | Tuesday, 5 November 2024 |
| Statement by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment | Thursday, 8 August 2024 |
| UN-Habitat's statement at the Preparatory Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development | Tuesday, 23 July 2024 |
| Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on famine in Sudan | Thursday, 30 May 2024 |
