The resumed second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly will be held from 29 to 30 May 2025 at the UN-Habitat Headquarters in Nairobi. The theme of the session is “A sustainable urban future through inclusive and effective multilateralism: achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in times of global crises”

The first session of 2025 of the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) will be held from 25 to 27 March 2025, at the UN-Habitat Headquarters in Nairobi. 

The Committee of Permanent Representatives of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme will hold its open-ended meeting in preparations for the resumed second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly for the year 2025 from 26 to 28 May 2025, at the UN-Habitat Headquarters in Nairobi.  

UN-Habitat’s governance structure is a three-tier structure made up of the UN-Habitat Assembly, the Executive Board and the Committee of Permanent Representatives. The General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution A/RES/73/239 decided to dissolve the Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and to replace it with a United Nations Habitat Assembly of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat Assembly). UN-Habitat Assembly is a universal body composed of the 193 member states of the United Nations and convenes every four years at the Headquarters of UN-Habitat in Nairobi. The Executive Board is composed of 36 member states elected by the UN-Habitat Assembly and meets three times a year to increase the oversight by Member States of UN-Habitat operations. The Committee of Permanent Representatives of UN-Habitat (CPR) meets twice every four years in an open-ended manner. The three governing bodies together are intended to strengthen the accountability and transparency of UN-Habitat, and provide an effective oversight mechanism for UN-Habitat to enhance its normative and operational activities.