United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS)

Name Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka
Position Director
Address Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Genève 10
Phone +41-22-917 86 46
Fax +41-22-917 80 46
E-mail habitatgva@unog.ch
Web http://www.unhabitat.org/

Activity summary:

The United Nations Centre for Human Settlements is dedicated to work on urban indicators and to assessing the state of the art with respect to specific indicators such as housing and land, water supply and sanitation, transport, the environment, municipal finance, poverty, employment and productivity.
The objective of UNCHS is to help countries and cities assess their urban situation in order to improve the living environments of all on a sustainable basis.