Urban Impact
Urban Impact
UN-Habitat in the News
UN-Habitat in the News
Press Releases
Press releases
| UN-Habitat and the Federal Republic of Germany establish a United Nations ‘Innovation Technology Accelerator for Cities’ (UNITAC Hamburg) at the HafenCity University in Hamburg | Thursday, 18 March 2021 |
| Launch of Her City – a digital platform to support girls’ participation in urban planning | Wednesday, 10 March 2021 |
| UN-Habitat re-establishes its country presence in Morocco signaling a strengthened partnership on sustainable urbanization | Tuesday, 9 March 2021 |
| Groundbreaking Innovate4Cities Conference to explore climate crisis solutions | Thursday, 4 March 2021 |
| Voluntary Local Reviews are changing the way we think of SDG localization and the approach to the National Reviews | Tuesday, 2 March 2021 |
| Keynote speakers announced for Rural Housing Summit | Monday, 15 February 2021 |
| Friedrich-Ebert-Stifung Foundation (FES) to partner with UN-Habitat to advance SDG 11 in Africa | Monday, 1 February 2021 |
| First-of-A-Kind Comparative Review of Urban Observatories Launched | Wednesday, 27 January 2021 |
Statements and speeches
Statements and speeches
| UN-Habitat statement on the situation in Iran | Monday, 13 April 2026 |
| Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee | Monday, 13 April 2026 |
| Opening Remarks by Ms. Anaclaudia Rossbach, Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General, UN-Habitat during the Second Africa Urban Forum, Opening Ceremony, 9 April 2026 | Thursday, 9 April 2026 |
| Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat on the situation in the Middle East | Tuesday, 7 April 2026 |
| Opening statement by Kenya during the 2025 third session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat | Tuesday, 25 November 2025 |
| Opening remarks by the UN-Habitat Executive Director during the 2025 third session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat | Tuesday, 25 November 2025 |
| Summary of the Chair, Jader Barbalho Filho, Minister of Cities, Brazil, of the 4th Ministerial Meeting for Urbanization and Climate Change | Wednesday, 19 November 2025 |
| Speech by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat on World Cities Day 2025 | Friday, 31 October 2025 |
