Updates

UN-Habitat Iraq celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The program looks proudly back at the many milestones in its history of improving living conditions in Iraq by accelerating recovery and...

Kismayo, Somalia, 26 April 2022- UN-Habitat has disbursed the first tranche of direct cash transfers of USD 60 each to 221 households in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps and villages in...

Nairobi, Kenya, 21 April 2022 – When COVID-19 wreaked havoc, UN-Habitat learned quickly that reliable and accurate data helped significantly in Housing, Land, and Property Rights (HLP)...

Zomba City, Malawi, 29 March 2022 – As nations continue to build back better from the COVID-19 pandemic, southeastern Africa has been rocked by a series of back-to-back storms. On the 23rd of...

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...

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...

February 2022 This technical paper was developed within the framework of the work of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) on Sustainable Urban Development, particularly on...

28 February 2022: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just released its latest report: Climate Change 2022, Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. The report confirms that the...

Nairobi, 9 February 2022 – Nearly 5,000 school children in two informal settlements in the Kenyan capital are better protected against COVID-19 as a result of an UN-Habitat initiative to expand mask...

Baghdad, 25 January 2022 – The Ministry of Planning launched the Iraq Forum for Sustainable Development in close partnership with the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN- Habitat). The “Iraq...

Nairobi, 21 January 2022 -- Pandemics and plagues are not new to mankind. The earliest recorded pandemic dates from 430 BCE in Athens during the Peloponnesian war. In 1918, the Spanish Flu killed as...

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) welcomes an additional contribution of EUR 425,882 from the Government of France to provide support to internally displaced persons who...

Sanamxay District, Attapeu Province, Lao PDR, 25 November 2021 – “When the flood came, my husband was holding my hand so we could die together,” says Kinnavanh Xayasy, recalling the devastating day...

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...

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 22 November 2021 – While UN-Habitat has declared themes and missions such as Build Back Better, Adapting Cities for Climate Resilience, and encouraging cities to adopt...

Kakuma-Kalobeyei, Kenya, 22 November 2021 -- To promote urban resilience, self-sufficiency and communities' integration in one of Kenya's longest-standing and major refugee camps, UN-Habitat is...

As the COVID-19 crisis enters its second year, the United Nations (UN) in Jordan continues to respond to its impacts as outlined in the UN Socio-Economic Framework issued in July 2020. This update...

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...

Geneva, 29 October 2021 -- As the world moves towards World Cities Day 2021, the plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) cannot be left unaddressed, many of whom are living in urban areas...

Damascus, Syria, 24 October 2021 – National and sub-national government institutions and communities in four municipalities in the Rural Damascus area will soon benefit from a capacity building...