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
| 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 |
| 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 |
Statements and speeches
Statements and speeches
| The head of UN-Habitat talks about our common urban future in Davos | Monday, 16 January 2023 |
| Closing Speech at the Second Session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat | Wednesday, 23 November 2022 |
| Statement by the Chair of the ad hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters | Monday, 21 November 2022 |
| Statement by the Chair of the ad hoc working group on stakeholder engagement policy | Monday, 21 November 2022 |
| Statement by Honourable Zacharia Mwangi Njeru, Cabinet Secretary for The Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development | Monday, 21 November 2022 |
| Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat | Monday, 21 November 2022 |
| Statement by the UNON Director General | Monday, 21 November 2022 |
| Speech at the Ministerial Roundtable at COP27 in Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt | Thursday, 17 November 2022 |
