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UN-Habitat in the News

31 October 2024

Cities Hold the Key to a Sustainable Future. Keep Their Role Central at COP29

3 October 2022

Time to strengthen solutions to the growing urban challenges

26 June 2022

Naomi Hoogervorst on Democratization of Design: "Equal Cities Need Equal Voices"

3 April 2022

Kenya elected Vice-Chair of the UN-Habitat Executive Board

8 March 2022

Urban Thinkers Campus – Transforming cities to be inclusive, equitable, and just through a paradigm shift towards gender equality

Press Releases

Press releases

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
Bogotá to host global observance of World Cities Day 2025	Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Media advisory: High-level dialogue on housing	Monday, 21 July 2025
Sevilla Platform for Action launched to boost local finance for sustainable development	Monday, 7 July 2025
The African Development Bank and UN-Habitat scale up drive for sustainable urbanization in Africa	Wednesday, 2 July 2025
UN-Habitat sounds the alarm on the global housing crisis in its 2024 Annual Report	Monday, 2 June 2025
United Nations Habitat Assembly closes with a new plan to tackle the global housing crisis	Friday, 30 May 2025

Statements and speeches

Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Beyond the Immediate Response to the Outbreak Building the Community, Wednesday 25 March 2020	Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of the Official Closing, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) Thursday 13th February 2020, Abu, Dhabi	Thursday, 13 February 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of Dialogue 2 – Implementing the New Urban Agenda to drive Sustainable Change, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10)	Monday, 10 February 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of the Launch of the Launch Flagship Programme on “SDG Cities”, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10)	Monday, 10 February 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of the Launch of the Flagship Programme on “People-focused smart cities”, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10)	Monday, 10 February 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of the Official Opening, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) Sunday 9th February 2020, Abu Dhabi	Sunday, 9 February 2020
Remarks by Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-Habitat during the Kenya National Urban Forum in Kisumu, Monday 27 January 2020	Monday, 27 January 2020
Remarks by Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-Habitat during Photography Exhibition “Kenya through the diplomat’s lens” in UNON, Nairobi, Thursday, 16 January 2020	Thursday, 16 January 2020

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