Beijing– 23 May 2017. The Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Dr. Joan Clos, wrapped up a 2-day official visit to China to attend One Belt One Road Forum (BRF) in Beijing, where Chinese President Xi Jinping invited the foreign heads of the states and governments, and heads of the international organizations to gather into China for exchange ideas and insights of the One Belt One Road cooperation. During the visit, Dr.

Belize City, 18 May 2017 – Officials meeting in Belize’s largest city have unveiled an updated masterplan for Belmopan, the country’s capital, based on good urban practice and design that will shape development of the city over the coming years.

Nairobi, 12 May 2017 - The 2016-17 World Habitat Awards winning projects received their trophy at the twenty-sixth session of the Governing Council of UN-Habitat at the United Nations office in Nairobi, Kenya on May 08, 2017. A Roof, A Skill, A Market in West Africa and More than Housing in Switzerland were selected as winners of this prestigious award.

Nairobi, 10 May 2017-- UN-Habitat and National Training Service-SENA (a public institution assigned to the Colombian Ministry of Labor in charge to provide social and technical training), today signed a historic agreement to offer training former youth combatants.

Nairobi, 10 May 2017—A new USD 11 million has been secured for the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme to empower African, Caribbean and Pacific countries transform the living conditions of slum dwellers.

Erbil, 7 May 2017- The government of Japan has extended an extra USD 9.7 million to UN-Habitat to address the shelter needs for those affected by the ongoing crisis in Iraq.

Nairobi, 8 May 2017—The 26th Governing Council of UN-Habitat opened in Nairobi with President Uhuru Kenyatta calling for the agency’s empowerment.

Some 650 delegates representing governments, partners and stakeholders are already accredited and are attending the Governing Council.

Nairobi, May 4, 2017 - On the doorstep of the 26th Session of UN-Habitat’s Governing Council, youth came together with experts from around the world to improve on public spaces and informal settlements.

Nairobi, 3 May 2017 - As part of UN-Habitat’s support in the development of a sustainable approach to redevelop the current railway station area in Nairobi - just south of the Central Business District, UN-Habitat hosted a workshop on ‘Financing Urban Development’ at the UN Gigiri Complex which was organized in collaboration with different stakeholders.

Bellagio, Italy 28 April 2017—Early this year, the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town asked partners including UN-Agencies such as UNECA, WPF and UN-Habitat to participate in a meeting for considering potential impacts of the ESRC/DFID-funded research project Governing Food Systems to Alleviate Poverty in Secondary Cities in Africa Project (Consuming Urban Poverty) on the implementation of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, Agenda 2030 and the New Urban Agenda.