Bonn 10 June 2015—UN-Habitat hosted a side event at the Bonn Climate Change Conference where participants discussed cities as well as the new urban agenda.

Fortaleza 9 June 2015-- UN-Habitat and the Brazilian state of Ceare have signed an agreement on social and urban development.

Brussels, 8 June 2015-- The European Development Days, Europe’s leading forum on global development and cooperation, came to a close with a strong emphasis on the linkage between urbanization and economic development of countries.

Accra 8 June 2015—UN-Habitat and its partners recently held a forum to discuss the National Planned City Extension of the Grater Accra Region. The meeting held at the Central University College in Prampram brought together key political figures including Mr. E.T. Mensah, Special Advisor to the President of Ghana, Mr. S.A. Rhack Nartey, District Chief Executive of Ningo-Prampram District Assembly and Nat Nunoo Amaterfio, former Mayor of Accra, among others.

Ramallah, 5 June 2015 – UN-Habitat has launched a new report “Right to Develop: Planning Palestinian Communities in East Jerusalem,” which analyzes different approaches to planning adopted by Palestinian communities who face continued restrictions on their planning rights in East Jerusalem, and who have little to no say in official city planning.

Mogadishu, 5 June 2015 - Project partners – including the Mayor and Vice Mayors of Mogadishu and delegates from the European Union – recently attended the closing ceremony of the Sustainable Employment Creation and Improved Livelihoods for Vulnerable Urban Communities (SECIL) project in Mogadishu.

Eldoret 4 June 2015-- A workshop was last month organised for the Kisumu Members of the County Assembly (MCA) with the aim of deepening their awareness related to the roles of in urban planning and specifically, their role in approval of the city’s draft Integrated Strategic Urban Development Plan (ISUDP).

Brussels 4 June 2015 – To urgently address the growing needs in Iraq, the humanitarian community on Thursday launched a revised plan - the 2015 Humanitarian Response Plan for Iraq. The plan will target 5.6 million vulnerable Iraqis with essential, life-saving support over the next six months.

Nairobi, 29 May – UN-Habitat recently hosted a two day ‘United Nations Standing Committee’ (IASC) Principals’ Meeting in Kenya at the United Nations Offices in Gigiri. This is the first time that the ‘Principals’ meeting has been held in a developing country.

The meeting was attended by the in-coming Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), Stephen O'Brien, who will be taking up formal duties from 1 June 2015 when he takes over from Valerie Amos. The IASC Principals are the heads of all IASC member agencies or their representatives and they meet twice a year.

Nairobi, 29 May 2015 – UN-Habitat and Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority (TARDA) have entered into an agreement to facilitate collaboration in areas of sustainable urban development in Kenya.