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UN-Habitat in the News
UN-Habitat in the News
Press Releases
Press releases
| City of New York Joins UN-Habitat to launch report on the voluntary local review (VLR) movement | Thursday, 6 January 2022 |
| The 2021 World Habitat Awards winners announced | Monday, 20 December 2021 |
| Press Release: Equitable future cities hold answers to pollution, climate and nature breakdown | Thursday, 18 November 2021 |
| Press Release: Busan, UN-Habitat and OCEANIX set to build the world’s first sustainable floating city prototype as sea levels rise | Thursday, 18 November 2021 |
| New Council on Urban Initiatives puts cities at the crossroads of addressing urgent grand challenges through innovation | Saturday, 6 November 2021 |
| SG message - World Cities Days (31 October 2021) | Saturday, 30 October 2021 |
| SG message - World Cities Days (31 October 2021) | Saturday, 30 October 2021 |
| SG message - World Cities Days (31 October 2021) | Saturday, 30 October 2021 |
Statements and speeches
Statements and speeches
| 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 |
| 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 |
