News and stories International observance 20 June 2025 World Refugee Day 2025 Story 19 June 2025 UN-Habitat at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) Story 19 June 2025 Call for housing solutions for WUF13 Story 18 June 2025 Three months on: Myanmar communities lead earthquake recovery Story 17 June 2025 Building urban belonging for refugees and host communities in Amman + All news and stories Urban Impact Urban Impact Issue 28 Urban Impact Issue 27 Urban Impact Issue 26 Urban Impact Issue 25 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 UN-Habitat calls for nominations for the UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Awards to be presented on World Habitat Day Thursday, 2 July 2020 Sweden and UN-Habitat sign a USD 20 million agreement to promote sustainable urbanization Wednesday, 1 July 2020 Press Release on Democracy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic webinar by UCLG, UN-Habitat and Metropolis (Spanish) Thursday, 25 June 2020 Press Release on Democracy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic webinar by UCLG, UN-Habitat and Metropolis (French) Thursday, 25 June 2020 Press Release on Democracy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic webinar by UCLG, UN-Habitat and Metropolis Thursday, 25 June 2020 Building Urban Climate Resilience in South-Eastern Africa Monday, 22 June 2020 Press Release: Enhancing Access to Services for Migrants in the Context of COVID-19 Preparedness, Prevention, and Response and Beyond Thursday, 11 June 2020 Enhancing Access to Services for Migrants in the Context of COVID-19 Preparedness, Prevention, and Response and Beyond Thursday, 11 June 2020 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 26 Next page ›› Statements and speeches Statements and speeches Apply Global Network on Safer Cities Consultative Meeting: 'Strengthening the Safer Cities Strategy while responding to COVID-19' Speech, 27 May 2020 Wednesday, 27 May 2020 Global Vision | Urban Action: Collaborating for a Stronger Future Webinar 1: Public Health Speech, 21 May 2020 Thursday, 21 May 2020 Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Equality and Accessibility Session, Wednesday 20 May 2020 Wednesday, 20 May 2020 International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), 17 May 2020 Sunday, 17 May 2020 Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Gender session, Wednesday 6 May 2020 Wednesday, 6 May 2020 Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Local Economic Development, Thursday 30 April 2020 Thursday, 30 April 2020 Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Informalities, Wednesday 29 April 2020 Wednesday, 29 April 2020 Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Finance and the COVID-19 Pandemic, Thursday 23 April 2020 Thursday, 23 April 2020 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 19 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