UN-HABITAT

Established in 1978 and based at Nairobi, Kenya, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) is the lead agency within the UN system for coordinating activities in the field of human settlements.            The Habitat Agenda implements the Istanbul Declaration of the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (HABITAT II), June 1996, in which Governments committed themselves to the goals of adequate shelter for all and sustainable urban development.            UN agencies are combining efforts with UN-HABITAT on a Global Urban Observatory and Statistics to monitor implementation of the Habitat agenda.

Programmes The Global Campaign For Secure Tenure The Global Campaign On Urban Governance