Urban Impact
Urban Impact
UN-Habitat in the News
UN-Habitat in the News
Elaine Reyes speaks with UN-Habitat Executive Director Anacláudia Rossbach about the progress and challenges shaping sustainable cities
Watch herePress Releases
Press releases
| New UN-Habitat–Japan partnership launches project to improve clean water and waste services in Sejnane, Tunisia | Wednesday, 13 May 2026 |
| Global leaders in housing, finance and urban policy to gather at WUF13 to address housing crisis and climate risks | Tuesday, 12 May 2026 |
| UN-Habitat opens nominations for 2026 Scroll of Honour Award | Monday, 11 May 2026 |
| Media partners announced for WUF13 in Baku | Friday, 8 May 2026 |
| Japan and UN-Habitat back urban recovery in Syria, to benefit 870,000 | Thursday, 7 May 2026 |
| The Gere Foundation and HOGAR Sí partner with UN-Habitat to address homelessness | Tuesday, 5 May 2026 |
| UN-Habitat Quality of Life Initiative gains recognition from UN Statistical Commission | Wednesday, 22 April 2026 |
| UN-Habitat engages Latin American and Caribbean media ahead of the thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) in Baku | Monday, 13 April 2026 |
Statements and speeches
Statements and speeches
| Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee | Thursday, 16 November 2023 |
| Statement by the UN-Habitat Executive Director on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory | Friday, 10 November 2023 |
| Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory | Tuesday, 7 November 2023 |
| Statement by the UN-Habitat Executive Director on the situation in Gaza | Thursday, 2 November 2023 |
| Executive Director of UN-Habitat briefing to Member States on the Implementation of the Second Session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly | Wednesday, 6 September 2023 |
| Statement of Poland on behalf of the Group of Friends of UN-Habitat at HLPF on SDG11 in New York | Thursday, 13 July 2023 |
| Statement of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, HLPF Plenary session on SDG11 | Thursday, 13 July 2023 |
| Communication from the Permanent Mission of the Russian federation to Nairobi dated June 2023 | Thursday, 6 July 2023 |
