News and stories Story 22 November 2024 In Jordan, youth step up to tackle climate change Story 16 November 2024 Bangladesh, Ghana, and Senegal launch Sustainable Construction Roadmaps at COP29 Story 7 November 2024 “It all starts at home”: WUF12 session rallies leaders to tackle the housing crisis News 6 November 2024 How do we get there? Insights from WUF12 on urban futures News 5 November 2024 World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action + All news and stories Urban Impact Urban Impact Issue 25 Urban Impact Issue 24 Urban Impact Issue 23 Urban Impact Issue 22 UN-Habitat in the News 3 October 2022 Time to strengthen solutions to the growing urban challenges 26 June 2022 Naomi Hoogervorst on Democratization of Design: "Equal Cities Need Equal Voices" 3 April 2022 Kenya elected Vice-Chair of the UN-Habitat Executive Board 8 March 2022 Urban Thinkers Campus – Transforming cities to be inclusive, equitable, and just through a paradigm shift towards gender equality 16 November 2021 COVID-19 and the empathy revolution by UN-Habitat’s Eduardo Moreno in El Pais Press Releases Press releases Apply UN-Habitat and UNICEF promote uptake of jointly collected data on disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods by municipalities and other stakeholders across Lebanon Thursday, 2 September 2021 UNEP Regional Office for West Asia & UN-Habitat Regional Office of Arab States sign Letter of Agreement to work on promoting cities climate adaptation and green recovery and reconstruction Wednesday, 25 August 2021 UN-Habitat and Habitat for Humanity International renew partnership to address affordable housing around the world Thursday, 12 August 2021 Global CEO Alliance and UN-Habitat aim to support 1,000 cities to reach the Sustainable Development Goals Thursday, 22 July 2021 Note to Correspondents on the President of the UN General Assembly’s mission to Kenya Monday, 28 June 2021 Arabic - UNDP press release on two reports released with UN-Habitat and IOM Thursday, 10 June 2021 UNDP press release on two reports released with UN-Habitat and IOM Thursday, 10 June 2021 Arabic - Local authorities in Heet, Iraq celebrate the handover of UN-Habitat projects funded by the European Union and Alwaleed Philanthropies Thursday, 10 June 2021 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 16 Next page ›› Statements and speeches Statements and speeches Apply Message from UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif during the 49th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council 28th Feb – 2nd Mar 2022. Wednesday, 2 March 2022 Keynote Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at Jakarta Development Collaboration Network Thursday, 16 December 2021 Message from the UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day 31 October 2021 Wednesday, 27 October 2021 Message from the UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day 31 October 2021 Wednesday, 27 October 2021 Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive at the Commonwealth of Nations Event Wednesday, 27 October 2021 Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at the Seventh Edition of European Investment Bank’s October Days for Sustainable Development Thursday, 21 October 2021 Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at the World Urban Campaign Annual Assembly Meeting Wednesday, 13 October 2021 Speech of the UN-Executive Director at Innovative4Cities Conference: Cities, Climate Change Science and Innovation Monday, 11 October 2021 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 10 Next page ›› Get in touch Are you a journalist interested in UN-Habitat? Contact our communications team. Media Centre contact Ekaterina Bezgachina Chief of Communication ekaterina.bezgachina@un.org Connect with us on Social Media for the latest developments in sustainable urbanization OPENING ADDRESS UN SECRETARY GENERAL VIDEO ADDRESS TO THE ASSEMBLY OPENING ADDRESS PRESIDENT OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADDRESS TO THE ASSEMBLY AI Master of Ceremonies at the Second United Nations Habitat Assembly UN-Habitat on Flickr UN-Habitat on Flickr