+ All news and stories Urban Impact UN-Habitat in the News 31 October 2024 Cities Hold the Key to a Sustainable Future. Keep Their Role Central at COP29 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 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 17 Next page ›› Statements and speeches Statements and speeches Apply The Secretary-General Video Message on World Habitat Day 5 October 2020 Friday, 2 October 2020 Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif On the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations Tuesday, 22 September 2020 Closing remarks by the Executive Director during the resumed session of the Executive Board held on 29 July, 2020 Wednesday, 29 July 2020 Launch of UN Secretary-General Policy Brief on COVID-19 in an Urban World. Monday, 27 July 2020 Monday, 27 July 2020 High Level Political Forum 2020 Bolstering local action to control the pandemic and accelerate the implementation, Thursday 9 July 2020 Thursday, 9 July 2020 High Level Political Forum 2020 Special Event Official Launch of the SDG6 Global Acceleration Framework, Thursday 9 July 2020 Thursday, 9 July 2020 High Level Political Forum 2020 UN-Habitat and WHO Urban Form and COVID-19: Thinking Through Issues of Density, Overcrowding, Public Space, and Health Thursday, 9 July 2020 Thursday, 9 July 2020 High Level Political Forum 2020: UCLG and UN-Habitat Voluntary Local Review Series Launch Wednesday, 08 July 2020 Wednesday, 8 July 2020 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 17 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
