UN-Habitat Executive Board meets in Nairobi for first session of 2024

Nairobi, 7 May 2024 — The Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) held yesterday the first day of its first session for the year 2024. Meeting two or three times a year, the Executive Board aims to increase the oversight of UN-Habitat operations by Member States and strengthen UN-Habitat’s accountability, transparency and effectiveness.

Over the course of three days, the session will, among others, delve into the preparations of UN-Habitat’s Strategic Plan 2026-2029, explore progress made in the lead-up to the twelfth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12) to be held in Cairo, Egypt, from 4 to 8 November 2024, and monitor progress against the implementation of the resolutions adopted by the second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly in June 2023.

Read the summary of discussions and outcomes:

For more information, visit the page of the first session of the Executive Board for the year 2024.