The Habitat Scroll of Honour award was launched by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme in 1989. It is currently the most prestigious human settlements award in the world. Its aim is to acknowledge initiatives which have made outstanding contributions in various fields such as shelter provision, highlighting the plight of the homeless, leadership in post conflict reconstruction, and developing and improving the human settlements and the quality of urban life.

The award, a plaque engraved with the name of the winner and their achievement will be presented to the winners during the global observances of World Habitat Day on 1 October 2007.

The deadline for this year's Scroll of Honour nominations was 15 August 2007. The selection committee is now assessing the submissions and will make its announcement on the winners shortly. We would like to thank all those that made nominations and submissions for this year's award.