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
| Media advisory: Urban climate and environment briefing - Roadmap to COP30 and WUF13 | Wednesday, 28 May 2025 |
| Media advisory: Opening press conference - Tackling the global housing crisis | Wednesday, 28 May 2025 |
| Media advisory: United Nations Habitat Assembly to adopt a new strategic plan to tackle the global housing crisis | Monday, 26 May 2025 |
| Second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly to resume in Nairobi in May 2025 | Wednesday, 7 May 2025 |
| Cities worldwide invited to join Quality of Life Initiative | Wednesday, 23 April 2025 |
| Unsustainable fashion and textiles in focus for International Day of Zero Waste 2025 | Thursday, 27 March 2025 |
| Applications open for the Global Award for Sustainable Development in Cities | Wednesday, 12 March 2025 |
| HRH Princess Lamia Bint Majed Al Saud reappointed for third term as Goodwill Ambassador for UN-Habitat in Arab States | Monday, 24 February 2025 |
Statements and speeches
Statements and speeches
| Head of UN-Habitat calls for greater local participation to achieve the SDGs | Monday, 31 October 2022 |
| Speech at the closing ceremony of the World Habitat Day 2022 in Balikesir, Republic of Türkiye | Thursday, 6 October 2022 |
| Speech at the High-level opening ceremony of the World Habitat Day 2022 in Balikesir, Republic of Türkiye | Tuesday, 4 October 2022 |
| 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 |
