The UN will mark its 75th anniversary with a one-day high-level meeting at the opening of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly. This special event will take place on 21 September 2020. The theme for this event will be: 'The Future We Want, the UN We Need: Reaffi...

“The rapid, worldwide spread of the coronavirus requires fresh thinking to ensure a shared victory over this quintessential global challenge, Even as we all grapple with the immediate human and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments need to ensure that...

Every Member State is legally obligated to pay their respective share towards peacekeeping. This is in accordance with the provisions of Article 17 of the Charter of the United Nations.

The General Assembly reaffirmed these and other general principles underlying the fi...

 WHO announced as a Global Leader of the Generation Equality Action Coalition on ending gender-based violence

Switzerland is the Top 2 regular resource partners in 2019 to UN WOMEN.

In 2018, Switzerland was UN Women’s second-largest contributor of regular resources with...

UN-Habitat - Executive Board Meeting 29.06.2020

Statement by Executive Director : 

As of 31 May 2020, UN-Habitat is managing 268 on-going projects worth approximately USD 665.7 million, which include 173 projects totaling USD 516.4 million generated from our field office...

Switzerland is one of the largest donors of UN-Habitat projects and programmes around the world. Ms Jeanine Volken, Deputy Head of the Swiss delegation to the UN-Habitat Assembly, addressed the Partnerships and Pledging Conference. She confirmed the strong commitment o...

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Briefing on the outcome of the just concluded tenth session of the World Urban Forum

a) The Secretariat provided a briefing to the Ad- Hoc working group on the recently concluded tenth session of the World Urban Forum (W...

CEO Alliance on Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD), following an invitation by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The Alliance comprises 30 CEOs from across the globe and is aimed at harnessing the insights of private sector leaders on ways to unbl...

UN-Habitat has signed a letter of intent with the People’s Government of Songyang County, China to collaborate on the implementation of Songyang Innovative Rural Development Programme (Songyang Programme). The Songyang Programme is the first collaboration programme for...