Maimunah Mohd Sharif speaks at the opening ceremony for World Urban Forum 10 in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. (Photo courtesy UN-Habitat/Azeem Baig) This is your first of three ...

The United Nations says rapid urbanisation will see half of Afghanistan’s people living in cities by 2060, raising both development ...

TEHRAN – With generous support from the government of Japan, the UN-Habitat office in Iran has launched a women-led tree ...

CAIRO, Oct 13 (MENA) – Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) Anacláudia Rossbach said Cairo is the best host of the 12th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF ...

Human settlements are the foundation of human existence, shaping how we live, work, and connect with each other and the environment. From the earliest tribal encampments to the bustling metropolises ...

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has marked a historic moment with the assumption of the United Nations Human Settle­ments Pro­gramme (UN-Habitat) general assembly’s presidency for the 2025-2029 term. All 193 ...

Anacláudia Rossbach assumed the post of Executive Director of UN-Habitat, which is based in Nairobi, Kenya, on 12 August. She is an economist with more than two decades of experience working on issues ...

WWF and UN Habitat seek to accelerate existing efforts by empowering cities around the world to become Plastic Smart and Waste Wise, building cities’ capacity to eliminate plastic pollution by 2030. 9 ...

The Un-habitat or the United Nations agency for human settlements and sustainable urban development, whose primary focus is to deal with the challenges of rapid urbanization, has been developing ...

UN-Habitat has just released its annual World Cities Report during the eleventh session of the World Urban Forum, which took place in Katowice, Poland from June 27 until June 30, 2022. Titled ...

As urban areas continue to expand, most of the growth is unplanned and unregulated UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on city leaders to make "tough decisions" in order to provide safe and ...