News and stories Story 11 September 2025 From landless to landowner in Nepal Story 11 September 2025 UN calls for stronger role of Local and Regional Governments Story 9 September 2025 From paper to reality: Planning dignified housing in Brazil News 28 August 2025 World Cleanup Day 2025 Story 19 August 2025 World Humanitarian Day 2025 + 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 Women’s leadership will be critical for rethinking the future in the post-COVID-19 era #BeyondTheOutbreak Thursday, 21 May 2020 Ensuring income and investment in local service provision is critical for global recovery #BeyondTheOutbreak - English Thursday, 21 May 2020 Social dialogue remains key to keep workers safe during and beyond the COVID-19 outbreak. #BeyondTheOutbreak Monday, 18 May 2020 Press Release - Innovation, Proximity and Solidarity: Local Economic Development as Immediate Response Friday, 8 May 2020 Addressing informalities in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak and beyond #BeyondTheOutbreak Monday, 4 May 2020 Ensuring income and investment in local service provision is critical for global recovery #BeyondTheOutbreak - English Thursday, 21 May 2020 Cultural mobilization in the COVID-19 pandemic Friday, 24 April 2020 Cultural mobilization in the COVID-19 pandemic Friday, 24 April 2020 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 28 Next page ›› Statements and speeches Statements and speeches Apply Opening speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the 2023 third session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat Wednesday, 29 November 2023 Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Thursday, 16 November 2023 Statement by the UN-Habitat Executive Director on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory Friday, 10 November 2023 Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory Tuesday, 7 November 2023 Statement by the UN-Habitat Executive Director on the situation in Gaza Thursday, 2 November 2023 Executive Director of UN-Habitat briefing to Member States on the Implementation of the Second Session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly Wednesday, 6 September 2023 Statement of Poland on behalf of the Group of Friends of UN-Habitat at HLPF on SDG11 in New York Thursday, 13 July 2023 Statement of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, HLPF Plenary session on SDG11 Thursday, 13 July 2023 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 3 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
