News and stories
UN-Habitat in the News
UN-Habitat in the News
Press Releases
Press releases
| 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 |
| Press Release: Abu Dhabi Signs Agreement with UN-Habitat to Host 10th World Urban Forum in 2020 | Wednesday, 17 October 2018 |
Statements and speeches
Statements and speeches
| UN-Habitat statement on the situation in Iran | Monday, 13 April 2026 |
| Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee | Monday, 13 April 2026 |
| Opening Remarks by Ms. Anaclaudia Rossbach, Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General, UN-Habitat during the Second Africa Urban Forum, Opening Ceremony, 9 April 2026 | Thursday, 9 April 2026 |
| Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat on the situation in the Middle East | Tuesday, 7 April 2026 |
| Opening statement by Kenya during the 2025 third session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat | Tuesday, 25 November 2025 |
| Opening remarks by the UN-Habitat Executive Director during the 2025 third session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat | Tuesday, 25 November 2025 |
| Summary of the Chair, Jader Barbalho Filho, Minister of Cities, Brazil, of the 4th Ministerial Meeting for Urbanization and Climate Change | Wednesday, 19 November 2025 |
| Speech by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat on World Cities Day 2025 | Friday, 31 October 2025 |
