News and stories Story 12 August 2024 Turning depots into centres for youth in Somalia Story 12 August 2024 International Youth Day 2024: UN-Habitat's commitment to youth inclusion in urban development News 11 August 2024 Executive Director of UN-Habitat assumes office in Nairobi, Kenya News 4 July 2024 ASEAN and China agree to accelerate implementation of the New Urban Agenda and SDGs Story 3 July 2024 High-level Political Forum 2024 + All news and stories Urban Impact Urban Impact Issue 24 Urban Impact Issue 23 Urban Impact Issue 22 Urban Impact Issue 21 UN-Habitat in the News 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 16 November 2021 COVID-19 and the empathy revolution by UN-Habitat’s Eduardo Moreno in El Pais Press Releases Press releases Apply UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message Tuesday, 30 October 2018 Liverpool Hosts Key International Forum on Protecting Urban Residents from Disasters for 2018 World Cities Day Thursday, 25 October 2018 Press Release: Abu Dhabi Signs Agreement with UN-Habitat to Host 10th World Urban Forum in 2020 Wednesday, 17 October 2018 Youth 2030: UN-Habitat commits to work with youth to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Monday, 8 October 2018 Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director´s message on World Habitat Day Friday, 28 September 2018 Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director´s message on World Habitat Day Friday, 28 September 2018 Cities are engines for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Friday, 20 July 2018 Department of Transport of New York City and UN-Habitat Join Transportation Alternativesâ âBike Trainâ over the Williamsburg Bridge Thursday, 19 July 2018 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 30 Next page ›› Statements and speeches Statements and speeches Apply Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: We cannot abandon the people of Gaza Wednesday, 31 January 2024 Valedictory talk by the UN-Habitat Executive Director at the Bartlett School of Planning Tuesday, 16 January 2024 Acceptance speech by the UN-Habitat Executive Director upon appointment as a fellow of the Royal Town Planners’ Institute Monday, 15 January 2024 Outcome statement on urbanization and climate change from the COP28 Local Climate Action Summit and Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change Wednesday, 6 December 2023 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 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 2 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