India has been elected to the Executive Board of first United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) Assembly.

• It is the United Nations agency for human settlements and sustainable urban development. It was established in 1978 and is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.
• The establishment of UN-Habitat was an outcome of First United Nation (UN) Conference on Human Settlements and Sustainable Urban Development held in 1976 in Vancouver (Canada).
• Aims to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns & cities with aim of providing adequate shelter for all.

UN-Habitat reports to the UN General Assembly (UNGA). It is also a member of United Nations Development Group (UNDG).