The 2026 first session of the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) will be held from 21 to 22 April 2026 at the UN-Habitat Headquarters in Nairobi.


Notification by the Executive Director
Notification by the Executive Director

Proposed Provisional Agenda
Programme
Programme at a glance

Detailed programme

Concept note on Informal Side Event: Dialogue with Co-Facilitators on the process to develop a draft Political Declaration on the Midterm Review of the New Urban Agenda

Pre-session Documents
HSP/EB.2026/1- Provisional Agenda

HSP/EB.2026/1/Add.1- Annotated provisional agenda

HSP/EB.2026/INF/1/Rev.1: List of documents

HSP/EB.2025/25 :  Draft report of the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme on the work of its third session of 2025

HSP/EB.2025/26: Decisions adopted by the Executive Board at its third session of 2025

HSP/OEWG-H.2025/5:  Report of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Working Group on Adequate Housing for All on the work of its second session

HSP/EB.2026/2: Report of the Executive Director on the Interim financial status of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme as at 31 December 2025

HSP/EB.2026/CRP.2: Report of the Executive Director on the financial status of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme as at 31 March 2026

HSP/EB.2026/2/Add.1 : Report of the Executive Director on Recruitment, equitable geographical distribution and gender parity

HSP/EB.2026/3: Report of the Executive Director on the update on the Sustainable Cities and Communities Foundation

HSP/EB.2026/INF/2: Report of the Executive Director on Staffing of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme as of 31 December 2025

HSP/EB.2026/4: Report of the Executive Director on Update on the structure and the division of responsibilities for the implementation of the strategic plan for the period 2026–2029

HSP/EB.2026/INF/3:  Implications of the UN80 initiative for the structure, staffing, budgetary planning and work of UN-Habitat

HSP/EB.2026/5 - Monitoring Framework of the Strategic Plan 2026-2029: Baseline values and targets for indicators to be achieved by 2029

HSP/EB.2026/6: Report of the Executive Director on Draft resource mobilization strategy for the implementation of the strategic plan of UN-Habitat for the period 2026–2029

Guide to the Monitoring Framework of the UN-Habitat's Strategic Plan 2026-2029

HSP/EB.2026/7: Report of the Executive Director on Status of the draft work programme of UN-Habitat and the draft budget of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation for 2027

HSP/EB.2026/INF/4: Draft work programme of UN-Habitat and draft budget of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation for 2027

HSP/EB.2026/8: Report of the Executive Director on Normative and operational activities of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, including updates on the country programmes in Brazil and Tunisia and on urban crisis prevention

HSP/EB.2026/INF/5 :  Highlights of normative and operational activities of UN-Habitat for the period July–December 2025

HSP/EB.2026/INF/6 :  Status of the development of the efforts to reconstruct the human settlements in the Gaza Strip

HSP/EB.2025/INF/17/Rev.2: Efforts to reconstruct human settlements in Ukraine affected by the conflict – Report of the Executive Director

HSP/EB.2026/INF/8: UNITAC-Hamburg: People-centred digital innovation for sustainable urbanization

HSP/EB.2026/9: Report of the Executive Director on Implementation of United Nations Habitat Assembly resolutions through the strategic plan for the period 2026–2029

HSP/EB.2026/10: Report of the Executive Director on the Preparations for the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the midterm review of the implementation of the New Urban Agenda, including a briefing on the preparation of the quadrennial report

Political Declaration on NUA review - Elements paper

Political Declaration on NUA review - Letter from the Co-Facilitators

HSP/EB.2026/11: Report of the Executive Director on Preparations for the thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum

HSP/ EB.2026/12: Implementation by UN-Habitat of the reform of the development system and management of the United Nations - Note by the secretariat

HSP/EB.2026/INF/7:  Checklist on the implementation of the reform of the United Nations development system by UN-Habitat

HSP/EB.2026/13: Report of the Executive Director on Action by UN-Habitat to strengthen protection against sexual or any other type of exploitation and abuse and against sexual harassment in the workplace

A/80/332 (Part I): Activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services for the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025- Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services

HSP/EB.2026/14: 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.2026/INF/9: Results of the survey conducted by the secretariat following the third session of the Executive Board of 2025, and cumulative results of past surveys to evaluate the effectiveness of the sessions of the Executive Board

In-session Documents
HSP/EB.2026/CRP.4: Update on the work of the Bureau of the Executive Board towards preparations of the 2026 first session

HSP/EB.2026/CRP.2: Report of the Executive Director on the financial status of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme as at 31 March 2026

Presentation by the Secretariat

Presentation by the Secretariat on the Structure and Division of responsibilities

Presentation by the Secretariat on the Monitoring Framework for Strategic Plan 2026- 2029

Presentation by the Secretariat on Resource Mobilization Strategy for the Strategic Plan 2026-2029

Presentation by the Secretariat

Presentation by the Secretariat

Presentation by the Secretariat

Political Declaration on NUA review - Elements paper

Political Declaration on NUA review - Letter from the Co-Facilitators

Presentation by the Secretariat

Presentation by the Secretariat

Presentation by the Secretariat

Presentation by the Secretariat

Presentation by the Secretariat

HSP/EB.2026/CRP.1/Rev.2 Final version of draft outcomes to be considered by the Executive Board at its first session 2026, agreed 22 April

HSP/EB.2026/CRP.1/Rev.1 Draft outcomes to be considered by the Executive Board at its first session 2026 as at 21 April 20:00 EAT

HSP/EB.2026/CRP.1/Rev.1 Draft outcomes to be considered by the Executive Board at its first session 2026

HSP/EB.2026/CRP.3 Proposal for a consolidated and streamlined agenda for future Executive Board sessions

Draft decisions of the Executive Board
Post-session Documents
Statements
Statement by the Executive Director

Statement by France

Statement by the European Union

Statement by Peru

Statement by Burundi

Statement by the League of Arab States

Statement by the Islamic Republic of Iran

Statement by the African Group

Statement by Colombia

Statement by Egypt

Statement by Argentina

Statement by GRULAC

NGOs Major Group Statement

Statement by the United Republic of Tanzania

Statement by Chile

Statement by Colombia

Statement by Zimbabwe

Statement by Brazil

Statement by Ukraine

Statement by Colombia

Statement on behalf Children and Youth International within Major Group for Children and Youth

Statement by Colombia

Information for participants
Information Note for Participants

Daily Journal
Registration

 

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