News and stories
UN-Habitat in the News
UN-Habitat in the News
Press Releases
Press releases
| UN-Habitat Press Release on WHD WCD WUF hosts, 28 May 2019 | Wednesday, 29 May 2019 |
| First UN-Habitat Assembly opens in Nairobi and elects President, 27 May 2019 | Wednesday, 29 May 2019 |
| Statement of the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, on the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 302 | Monday, 11 March 2019 |
| UN-Habitat Continues Rehabilitation of Severely Damaged Houses in West Mosul Under Its Community-Based Urban Recovery Programme | Friday, 21 December 2018 |
| Launch of a land readjustment project aiming at stopping informal expansion in urban extension areas. | Friday, 21 December 2018 |
| UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message | Tuesday, 30 October 2018 |
| 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 |
Statements and speeches
Statements and speeches
| Speech by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat on World Cities Day 2025 | Friday, 31 October 2025 |
| Speech by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat on World Habitat Day 2025 | Monday, 6 October 2025 |
| Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat: Condolences and Solidarity Following the Earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand | Saturday, 29 March 2025 |
| Closing remarks by Anacláudia Rossbach, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-Habitat, at the twelfth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12) | Sunday, 10 November 2024 |
| UN-Habitat Executive Director Opening Speech WUF12 | Tuesday, 5 November 2024 |
| UN-Habitat Egypt President Speech WUF12 | Tuesday, 5 November 2024 |
| Statement by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment | Thursday, 8 August 2024 |
| UN-Habitat's statement at the Preparatory Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development | Tuesday, 23 July 2024 |
