News and stories Story 11 December 2025 Shaping the urban climate agenda: Key takeaways from COP30 Story 10 December 2025 Human Rights, Our Everyday Essentials News 5 December 2025 Urban Lingo: A UN-Habitat dictionary Story 4 December 2025 In São Paulo, Guarani indigenous twins combine sanitation and ancestral tradition News 2 December 2025 South and Southeast Asia: A call for resilient recovery in the wake of climate disasters + All news and stories Urban Impact Urban Impact Issue 29 Urban Impact Issue 28 Urban Impact Issue 27 Urban Impact Issue 26 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 Scroll of Honour Award - Russian Friday, 3 July 2020 Reimagining Public Safety in the face of historical inequalities and emerging crisis in Cities - FRENCH Thursday, 2 July 2020 Reimagining Public Safety in the face of historical inequalities and emerging crisis in Cities - SPANISH Thursday, 2 July 2020 Reimagining Public Safety in the face of historical inequalities and emerging crisis in Cities Thursday, 2 July 2020 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 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 28 Next page ›› Statements and speeches Statements and speeches Apply The High Level Political Form on Sustainable Development Plenary SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production pattern Speech by UN-Habitat Executive Director: Maimunah Mohd Sharif 12 July 2018 Monday, 16 July 2018 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 32 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