Human settlements

The following announcement was made today by UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed's remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the event on women’s role in the implementation of the New Urban Agenda: harnessing and strengthening sustainable urbanization using participatory methodologies for women and youth empowerment, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Cities Day, observed on 31 October:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), in Quito today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the second World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments in Quito today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the Habitat III Informal Hearings with local authorities associations, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the World Habitat Day High-Level discussion on “public spaces for all”, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Habitat Day, to be observed on 5 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for an event entitled “Cities Driving Sustainable Development:  Endorsing the SDGs and Committing to their Implementation”, delivered by Dr. Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN-Habitat, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Mayor's Forum of the World Cities Summit, in New York today: