Hygiene kits reach most vulnerable urban populations in Beirut
June 15th, 2020
Beirut, Lebanon, 12 June 2020 – UN-Habitat is rolling out a series of COVID-19 projects in some of the most vulnerable urban neighbourhoods in Lebanon to help communities mitigate the effects of the…
UN-Habitat joins forces with leading experts to propose urban solutions for internally displaced people
May 17th, 2020
15 May 2020; UN-Habitat has called for a “proactive urban response to displacement” in a joint paper on the growing phenomenon of urban displacement for the UN’s High Level Panel on Internal…
UN-Habitat supports municipalities with a rapid assessment of COVID-19 challenges in Lebanon
April 24th, 2020
Beirut, 22 April 2020 – Local authorities in Lebanon are playing a major role to curtail the spread of COVID-19, particularly in vulnerable urban settings, while still maintaining critical services.…
Developing five City Profiles for conflict-affected cities in Iraq, Libya, Yemen and Syria
December 5th, 2019
Cairo, 5 December 2019 – Since 2018 UN-Habitat has been working to develop five City Profiles for conflict-affected cities in Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Syria and Yemen. Urban profiling guides…