News and stories
UN-Habitat in the News
UN-Habitat in the News
Press Releases
Press releases
| UN-Habitat announces 2024 Scroll of Honour Award winners | Tuesday, 17 September 2024 |
| UN-Habitat announces the twelfth session of the World Urban Forum returning to Africa after 20 years | Monday, 9 September 2024 |
| First ever World Cleanup Day to launch in Tromsø, Norway | Wednesday, 28 August 2024 |
| Global Covenant of Mayors and UN-Habitat to host the 2024 Innovate4Cities Conference in Montréal, Canada | Tuesday, 13 August 2024 |
| Anacláudia Marinheiro Centeno Rossbach of Brazil appointed as new Executive Director of UN-Habitat | Tuesday, 11 June 2024 |
| Study suggests countries can better tackle climate change by working with cities | Wednesday, 5 June 2024 |
| UN-Habitat aims to drive urban recovery efforts in Ukraine | Friday, 17 May 2024 |
| “We need a new approach to managing cities” — UN-Habitat presents Annual Report 2023 | Thursday, 16 May 2024 |
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 |
