The 2025 first session of the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) will be held from 25 to 27 March 2025 at the UN-Habitat Headquarters in Nairobi.


Notification by the Executive Director
Notification by the Executive Director for the First session of 2025 of the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme

Proposed Provisional Agenda
Programme
Programme at a Glance

Programme

Pre-session Documents
HSP/EB.2025/1: Provisional agenda

HSP/EB.2025/1/Add.1: Annotated provisional agenda

HSP/EB.2025/INF/1 - List of Documents

HSP/EB.2024/23: Report of the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme on the work of its second session of 2024 (Advance)

HSP/EB.2024/24: Decisions adopted by the Executive Board at its second session of 2024

HSP/EB.2025/2: Report of the Executive Director on the financial status of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme as at 31 December 2024

HSP/EB.2025/INF/3: Staffing of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme as at 31 December 2024.

HSP/EB.2025/INF/4: Recruitment, equitable geographical distribution and gender parity

HSP/EB.2025/INF/5: Status of the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Board of Auditors

HSP/EB.2025/CRP.2 -Report of the Executive Director on the Financial status of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme as at 28 February 2025

HSP/EB.2025/3: Report of the Executive Director on the Status of the draft work programme of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and the draft budget of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation for 2026

HSP/EB.2025/INF/6: The draft work programme of UN-Habitat for 2026

HSP/EB.2025/4: Report of the Executive Director on the Development of the strategic plan for the period 2026–2029

HSP/EB.2025/INF/7 - Draft strategic plan of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme for the period 2026–2029

HSP/EB.2025/5: Report of the Executive Director on the Sustainable Cities and Communities Foundation

HSP/EB.2025/6: Report of the Executive Director on Normative and operational activities of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, including updates on the Ethiopia and Central America programmes, capacity-development initiatives

HSP/EB.2025/INF/8: UN-Habitat capacity-building strategy: implementation plan for the year 2025.

HSP/EB.2025/INF/9: Highlights of normative and operational activities of UN-Habitat for the period July–December 2024

HSP/EB.2025/7: Report of the Executive Director on the Implementation of the resolutions adopted by the United Nations Habitat Assembly

HSP/EB.2025/INF/10 : Draft international guidelines on people-centred smart cities: “Smart cities for people: empowering lives, protecting the planet, advancing prosperity

HSP/EB.2025/8: Implementation of the United Nations development system reform in the United Nations Human Settlements Programme - Note by the Secretariat

HSP/EB.2025/INF/11: Checklist on the implementation of the reform of the United Nations development system by UN-Habitat

HSP/EB.2025/9: Report of the Executive Director on Action by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme to strengthen protection against sexual and any other type of exploitation and abuse and against sexual harassment in the workplace

The victims’ statement “Your Rights”

HSP/EB.2025/10: Report of the Executive Director on Actions to update and improve the internal management policies and procedures of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme

HSP/EB.2025/INF/12 -  Results of the survey conducted by the secretariat following the second session of the Executive Board of 2024 to evaluate the effectiveness of that session - Note by the secretariat

HSP/EB.2025/CRP.1 - Draft outcomes to be considered by the Executive Board at its first session of 2025

In-session Documents
HSP/EB.2025/CRP.3 - Update on the work of the Bureau of the Executive Board towards preparations of the 2025 first session

Financial, budgetary and administrative matters

Update on the draft work programme of UN-Habitat and the draft budget of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation for 2026

Report of the Executive Director on the draft strategic plan for the 2026–2029

Updates on the Ethiopia Country Programme

UN-Habitat Normative and Operational Activities in Central America and Dominican Republic

Global Capacity Development Support

Urban Crisis Prevention and Response

Briefing by the Executive Director on the implementation of all resolutions adopted by UNHA1 and 2

Draft outcomes to be considered by the Executive Board at its first session 2025

Draft decisions of the Executive Board
Draft outcomes to be considered by the Executive Board at its first session 2025

Post-session Documents
Statements
Statement by Morocco

Statement by Algeria

Statement by Colombia

Statement by Argentina

Statement by Malawi

Statement by Senegal

Statement by the State of Palestine on behalf of the Asia-Pacific Group

Statement by the European Union

Statement by the Arab Republic of Egypt

Statement by G77+China

Statement by the State of Palestine on behalf of Arab States

Statement by Japan on Agenda item 4 and 6

Statement by the African Group on Agenda item 4,5,6,7,8,9

Statement by Malaysia

Statement by Colombia

Statement by Senegal

Statement by Malaysia

Statement by Egypt

Statement by the Russian Federation

Statement by Germany

Statement by Colombia

Statement by Colombia

Statement by Ethiopia

Statement by Colombia

Statement by the Russian Federation

Statement by Colombia

Statement by Colombia

Statement by Colombia

Information for participants
Information note for participants

Seating arrangement for First session of the Executive Board

Daily journal
Registration

 

Registration is found here.