UNECE Press conference on Ministerial Meeting on Housing Affordability and Sustainablility.


UNECE Press conference on Ministerial Meeting on Housing Affordability and Sustainablility.

On 8 October 2025, UNECE member States' ministers will meet to focus on the urgent challenges and strategic priorities surrounding housing affordability and sustainability in the UNECE region. Ten years after the adoption of the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing, ministers will highlight challenges and key priorities for the achievement of the Charter's objectives, and present good practice and strategic solutions in this regard. As the key outcome of the meeting, ministers will be invited to agree on practical commitments towards sustainable and affordable housing.

The meeting will take place as part of the eighty-sixth session of the UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management (8–10 October 2025).

Speakers: Tatiana Molcean, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, UNECE Executive Secretary
Martin Tschirren, State Secretary, Director general of the Federal Office for Housing, Switzerland, Chair of the Ministerial Meeting
Željko Uhlir, Secretary of State, Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets, Croatia
Susan Aitken, Leader (Mayor), Glasgow City Council, United Kingdom, and Chair of UN Forum of Mayors.

Related Documents: UNECE Ministerial Meeting on Housing.

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Ministerial Meeting on Housing Affordability and Sustainablility


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Location: Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1211 Genève, Switzerland

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