A new Report on Post-COVID-19 recovery calls for resilient cities
August 3rd, 2020
Amsterdam, 3 August 2020 – Arcadis, a key partner of UN-Habitat and active member of the UN-Habitat COVID-19 Campaign, has released the Healthy Pandemic Resilient Cities Report which presents a set…
UN-Habitat mourns the death of the former Director for the Programme Division
August 1st, 2020
1 August 2020 - The UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif has paid tribute to the former Director for the Programme Division, Dr Alioune Badiane, who passed away after a short illness. “…
New Bureau members of UN-Habitat’s Executive Board are elected
July 29th, 2020
29 July 2020 - UN-Habitat’s Executive Board has elected the new members of its Bureau, which is responsible for organizing Board meetings, facilitating transparent decision making and guiding the…
Digitalisation for Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainble Cities and Human Settlements
July 28th, 2020
Digitalisation, big data, connectivity and Artificial Intelligence are shaping today's cities around the globe. The increasing use of digital technologies in human settlements and cities offers…
Digital rights in the COVID-19 era
July 28th, 2020
Around the world, cities have stepped up in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing changes to our daily lives. Developing better resilience against future threats, including pandemics, has become…
UN Secretary-General’s latest Policy Brief calls for urgent response and recovery action in cities
July 28th, 2020
New York, July 28 – Around 90 percent of all COVID-19 cases are found in urban areas according to the latest Policy Brief by the UN Secretary-General. The Policy Brief COVID-19 in an Urban World,…
UN-Habitat calls for cities to use pandemic as an opportunity to improve cycling and walking infrastucture
July 28th, 2020
24 July 2020 – The COVID-19 crisis has led to the number of deaths in road accidents in Ethiopia being cut by over half according to the country’s Transport Minister. Speaking during a webinar on An…
Place Value - Matthew Carmona
July 28th, 2020
Arab cities share experiences on disaster preparedness and emergency response during COVID-19
July 28th, 2020
Cairo, 27 July 2020 – A best practices webinar for Arab cities to discuss the lessons learned in responding to COVID-19 at the city level and exchange effective emergency preparedness and response…
First communal handwashing stations in Lebanon aim to tackle COVID-19 spread
July 28th, 2020
Beirut, 28 July 2020 – UN-Habitat Lebanon has designed, produced and installed the first communal handwashing stations in Lebanon to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other similar health risks. The…
UN-Habitat’s Regional Goodwill Ambassador for the Arab States calls for communities to come together to address urban inequalities
July 27th, 2020
Riyadh, 28 July 2020 - UN-Habitat’s first Regional Goodwill Ambassador for the Arab States has called for the international community to turn the COVID-19 crisis into a trigger to address…
A new interactive project map sources the best solutions to COVID-19 in the slums
July 27th, 2020
25 July 2020 - UN-Habitat’s Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP) along with partner countries and, in cooperation with a research group of the Master Techs4Change at Politecnico di Torino, (…
Permanent handwashing facilities for Kenya’s Nakuru Municipality include taps for drinking water
July 21st, 2020
Nakuru, Kenya, July 2020 – One of Kenya’s largest urban areas, Nakuru, has installed eight permanent handwashing stations with clean drinking water with funding from UN-Habitat to stop the spread of…
Gated Community Development in Our Cities - Sonia Roitman
July 20th, 2020
UN-Habitat and UNOSSC commit to stepping up South-South cooperation on urban issues
July 20th, 2020
18 July 2020 – UN-Habitat and the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) providing a framework for cooperation to facilitate and…