Urban Impact
Urban Impact
UN-Habitat in the News
UN-Habitat in the News
Press Releases
Press releases
| World Habitat Day 2025: Urban crisis response | Monday, 6 October 2025 |
| UN-Habitat announces 2025 Scroll of Honour Award winners | Tuesday, 30 September 2025 |
| UNGA80: Member States launch call to action to prioritize adequate housing | Friday, 26 September 2025 |
| Registration opens for the UN’s largest urban conference – WUF13 in Baku | Wednesday, 24 September 2025 |
| UN-Habitat and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia partner for recovery in Syria and Sudan | Sunday, 21 September 2025 |
| UN-Habitat calls for urgent action on textile waste as cities join World Cleanup Day 2025 | Friday, 19 September 2025 |
| UN-Habitat inaugurates its Canada office in Montreal to support adequate, climate-smart housing solutions | Thursday, 18 September 2025 |
| Japan contributes USD 5.5 million for upgrading informal settlements in Syria | Tuesday, 12 August 2025 |
Statements and speeches
Statements and speeches
| The Secretary-General Video Message on World Habitat Day 5 October 2020_French | Friday, 2 October 2020 |
| The Secretary-General Video Message on World Habitat Day 5 October 2020_Chinese | Friday, 2 October 2020 |
| The Secretary-General Video Message on World Habitat Day 5 October 2020_Spanish | Friday, 2 October 2020 |
| The Secretary-General Video Message on World Habitat Day 5 October 2020_Russian | Friday, 2 October 2020 |
| The Secretary-General Video Message on World Habitat Day 5 October 2020_Arabic | Friday, 2 October 2020 |
| The Secretary-General Video Message on World Habitat Day 5 October 2020 | Friday, 2 October 2020 |
| Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif On the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations | Tuesday, 22 September 2020 |
| Closing remarks by the Executive Director during the resumed session of the Executive Board held on 29 July, 2020 | Wednesday, 29 July 2020 |