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 Global Observance of World Habitat Day to take place in Mexico City Tuesday, 24 September 2019 Nairobi Communique – Outcome of the High-Level Session on Inno- vative Urban Mobility for Sustainable Cities in Africa at UN-Habitat Assembly, 30 May 2019 Friday, 14 June 2019 Call for Expressions of Interest to Host the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance Secretariat Tuesday, 11 June 2019 UN-Habitat Assembly concludes with Ministerial Declaration on challenges and opportunities of urbanization. Friday, 31 May 2019 UN-Habitat Assembly – Final Press Briefing Press Centre, United Nations Office at Nairobi Remarks by UN-Habitat Executive Director, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif 31 May 2019, 13:00 Friday, 31 May 2019 UN-Habitat launches guidelines on Net-Zero Carbon Village Planning Friday, 31 May 2019 Over US$152 million raised for urban Sustainable Development Goals at first UN-Habitat Assembly Thursday, 30 May 2019 Signing of the letter of intent between UN-Habitat and Songyang peoples’ government Thursday, 30 May 2019 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 33 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