+ All news and stories Urban Impact UN-Habitat in the News 23 October 2025 Collaboration for trust – How cities build innovation from the ground up 6 October 2025 Urban Resilience in Africa - Reflections from Continental Report 21 August 2025 Adequate, Resilient Housing: A Global Imperative for Climate and Development 17 June 2025 ICLEI brings the voice of cities and regions to United Nations Habitat Assembly 28 January 2025 Expert Voices 2025 | Access to Sustainable and Affordable Housing Press Releases Press releases Apply Arabic - Local authorities in Heet, Iraq celebrate the handover of UN-Habitat projects funded by the European Union and Alwaleed Philanthropies Thursday, 10 June 2021 Local authorities in Heet, Iraq celebrate the handover of UN-Habitat projects funded by the European Union and Alwaleed Philanthropies Thursday, 10 June 2021 Turkey’s First Lady honoured as a Champion of UN-Habitat’s Waste Wise Cities programme Wednesday, 2 June 2021 Celebrating UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration-World Environment Day 2021 World Environment Day 2021 Friday, 28 May 2021 Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities Friday, 14 May 2021 Japanese - Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities Monday, 17 May 2021 Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities Friday, 14 May 2021 Nominations for the 2021 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Awards now open Wednesday, 28 April 2021 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 22 Next page ›› Statements and speeches Statements and speeches Apply Speech at the press conference in Istanbul, Republic of Türkiye, ahead of World Habitat Day 2022 Friday, 30 September 2022 Speech at the opening ceremony of the 13th Asia-Pacific Cities Summit Wednesday, 27 July 2022 Speech at the Commemorative symposium on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Tuesday, 26 July 2022 Katowice Declared Actions Friday, 1 July 2022 Closing speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum Friday, 1 July 2022 Opening speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum Monday, 27 June 2022 Speech of UN-Habitat Executive Director Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif at Stockholm+50: Leadership dialogue series Thursday, 2 June 2022 Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at opening the 9th Africities Summit on the rile of intermediary cities of Africa in the implementation of the Agenda 2030 of the United Nations and the African Union Agenda 2063 Tuesday, 17 May 2022 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 9 Next page ›› Get in touch Are you a journalist interested in UN-Habitat? Contact our communications team. Media Centre contact Ekaterina Bezgachina Chief of Communication ekaterina.bezgachina@un.org Connect with us on Social Media for the latest developments in sustainable urbanization OPENING ADDRESS UN SECRETARY GENERAL VIDEO ADDRESS TO THE ASSEMBLY OPENING ADDRESS PRESIDENT OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADDRESS TO THE ASSEMBLY AI Master of Ceremonies at the Second United Nations Habitat Assembly UN-Habitat on Flickr UN-Habitat on Flickr