UN-Habitat and partners unveil OCEANIX Busan, the world’s first prototype floating city

April 27th, 2022

New York, 26 April 2022 – UN-Habitat, the Busan Metropolitan City of the Republic of Korea, and OCEANIX today unveiled at the UN Headquarters the design of the world’s first prototype sustainable…

UN-Habitat advocacy leads to UN committee resolution on homelessness

January 18th, 2022

New York, 18 January 2022 -- UN-Habitat advocacy efforts at the United Nations headquarters have resulted in a General Assembly committee resolution in support of policies aimed at preventing and…

UNDP and UN-Habitat sign new framework for urban action

December 4th, 2020

New York, Dec 4 — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) signed a new enhanced collaborative framework today, to ensure that…

UN-Habitat and partners discuss local innovations, SDGs and COVID-19 to mark World Cities Day

November 9th, 2020

New York, 30 October – To mark  World Cities Day 2020, the New York Liaison office of UN-Habitat hosted an event entitled Local Innovations, SDGs and COVID-19, with the New York Mayor’s Office for…