The New Urban Agenda (NUA), adopted at the United Nations (UN) Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), provides a robust new framework that outlines how cities should be planned, managed, and governed to best promote sustainable urbanization. An important yet unresolved discussion in the negotiation of the NUA was the question of … Continue reading BIG STORIES RECAP: Blue ribbon panel calls for a stronger UN-HABITAT with a focus on a “leave no one behind” mandate

5 February 2018, Nairobi – UN-Habitat Executive Director Mme Maimunah Mohd Sharif today made her maiden visit to Kenya’s Mathare slums where she met with youth, women and civil society stakeholders implementing various community projects in the informal settlement.  The Executive Director toured the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) project that is implemented by UN-Habitat … Continue reading UN-Habitat Executive Director visits Kenya’s informal settlement; Meets community stakeholders

“Change the Impossible to I’m possible!” Executive Director Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif tells the over hundred young people from 6 schools in Kibera, the largest slum in East Africa. UN-Habitat welcomed its new Executive Director to the United Nation and Nairobi with a rousing KaribUNi yesterday. The Executive Director dropped by Nairobi Children’s Exchange Programme, … Continue reading Young People Welcome Executive Director to UN-Habitat