Yangon, 13 June 2023: UNDP, UN Women and UN-Habitat yesterday brought together representatives from local communities, NGOs, development partners and the private sector to discuss research on urban...
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Baidoa City Strategy 2023
“Baidoa, the interim capital of the federal South West State, is one of the main nodes in central Somalia, and at the centre of what is, in normal times, the breadbasket of the country. As of today,...
Iraq + 1 more
Japan provides an additional $1.38 million for UN-Habitat to support returnees in Iraq to strengthen socio-economic stabilization [EN/AR]
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) welcomes an additional contribution of USD 1.38 million from the Government of Japan to contribute to social stabilization and food...
UN Joint Programme to Build and Strengthen Urban and Rural Resilience and the Conditions for Recovery in Syria Annual Programme Narrative Progress Report (Reporting Period: 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021)
Damascus – 31st March 2022 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The UN Joint Programme (JP) in Syria brings together six UN implementing agencies, namely FAO, UNDP, UNFPA, UN-Habitat, UNICEF, and WFP, to deliver...
Project to mitigate droughts and water shortages launched in Yemen
Aden, 22 September, 2022 – From droughts and water shortages to depletion of clean water, Yemen is experiencing grave climate change impacts. Seeking to mitigatethis impact, UN-Habitat, in...
Iraq + 1 more
UN-Habitat Iraq receives generous support from Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to promote peace and stability by facilitating sustainable returns [EN/AR]
UN-Habitat Iraq welcomes the contribution of USD 6 million from the Korean Government through the Korea International Cooperation Agency Office in Iraq. Today, during his visit to UN-Habitat Office,...
Un nouveau rapport montre que l'insécurité alimentaire demeure préoccupante pour les populations démunies des villes d'Afrique sub-saharienne suite a la pandémie
DAKAR/ NAIROBI/ JOHANNESBURG – La situation socio-économique des populations urbaines démunies d’Afrique subsaharienne s'est détériorée à la suite de la pandémie de COVID-19, avec des millions de...
Life amidst a pandemic: Urban livelihoods, food security and nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa, December 2021
Food insecurity a real concern among the urban poor in Sub-Saharan Africa following pandemic - new report shows DAKAR/ NAIROBI/ JOHANNESBURG – The socioeconomic situation of the urban poor in...
Global Environment for Cities - GEO for Cities: Towards green and just cities
Summary for city-level decision makers It is clear from the analysis provided in this second edition of GEO for Cities that cities have the potential to drive progress towards the 2030 Agenda and its...
UN-Habitat organises role-play games in Palestinian refugee camps to raise children’s awareness of COVID-19
Amman, Jordan, 9 November 2021 – As part of UN-Habitat’s mission of building better cities in the aftermath of the global pandemic, approximately 150 children in Al-Shahid and Souf Palestinian...
UN-Habitat strengthens support to cities facing influx of internally displaced people
Nairobi, 29 September 2021- On the eve of the report by the United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement, UN-Habitat renews its commitment to furthering the...
The European Union supports UN-Habitat to expand basic services to poor neighbourhoods in Basra City [EN/AR]
Basra, Iraq – 13 September 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on poor communities. The last 18 months have highlighted the importance of access to safe potable water, sanitation,...
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response in informal settlements of Yangon by using community-driven approach
UN Habitat continues their COVID-19 response and recovery efforts in Yangon’s informal settings using a community-driven approach Continuing our COVID-19 response, recovery and prevention efforts...
Northern Ghana project led by UN-Habitat comes to a close, providing resilient infrastructure
Tamale, Ghana, 8 September 2021—A three-year joint United Nations project, led by UN-Habitat, to provide resilient and flood prone water supply infrastructure in northern Ghana has come to a close...
Lebanon + 2 more
Beirut City Profile 2021
The Beirut City Profile offers an important multisectoral and spatial analysis about the City of Beirut, including a diagnosis of the wide spectrum of challenges that the city has encountered over...
Vulnerable families in Somalia’s Kismayo receive aid to cope with COVID-19
Kismayo, Somalia, August 2021 – As part of a multi-pronged approach to build community resiliency and support recovery efforts, residents of hardest-hit communities in western Kismayo, Jubaland,...
Dhusamareb: resilience plan
The Dhusamareb Resilience Plan provides an overview of the main features related to resilience in the town and its surrounding landscape. It briefly analyses the current development challenges with a...
Hobyo: resilience plan
The Hobyo Resilience Plan provides an overview of the main features related to resilience in the town and its surrounding landscape. It briefly analyses the current development challenges with a...
Jowhar: resilience plan
The Jowhar Resilience plan provides an overview of the main features related to resilience in the city and its surrounding landscape. It briefly analyses the current development challenges with a...
Recipient of a UN-Habitat project to supply clean water in northern Ghana lauds the benefits
Tamale, Ghana 28 July 2021—Samata Abdullahi believes that installing a water tank in her Shichegu neighbourhood, courtesy of a project led by UN-Habitat in the Disaster Prone Communities in northern...