Malaysia Elected President Of UN-Habitat Assembly 2025–2027

PUTRAJAYA, May 30 (Bernama) – Malaysia has been unanimously elected as President of the third session of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Assembly for 2025–2027, and as a member of its Executive Board for 2027–2029.

The Foreign Ministry, Wisma Putra, said in a statement on Friday that the UN-Habitat Assembly, which met on May 30 in Nairobi, Kenya, unanimously elected Malaysia.

The UN-Habitat Assembly and the Executive Board are primary mechanisms of the world body that sets policy direction on Sustainable Urban Development and Human Settlements.

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The statement said Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming, will represent Malaysia and preside over the Assembly as President for a two-year term from June 2025 to June 2027.

Malaysia will also serve as one of the 36 members in the UN-Habitat Executive Board for a two-year term from June 2027 to June 2029, it added.

“The Foreign Ministry especially through the High Commission of Malaysia in Nairobi, as the Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the UN-Habitat, will continue to work closely with the Ministry of Housing and Local Government to ensure Malaysia’s tenure in the governance of the UN body is a sterling success,” the statement read.

The Foreign Ministry thanks all 193 Member States of the UN-Habitat Assembly for their overwhelming support and confidence in Malaysia to lead the Assembly and steer the Executive Board towards advancing the implementation of the United Nations New Urban Agenda for the period 2025 to 2029.

-- BERNAMA