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Uruguay offers a cooperative answer to the global housing shortage
Elaine Reyes speaks with UN-Habitat Executive Director Anacláudia Rossbach about the progress and challenges shaping sustainable cities
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Nearly 6 million Afghans have returned since late 2023, UN-Habitat says
Japan and UN-Habitat sign project to support urban reconstruction in Homs
Why the SDGs cannot be achieved without solving the housing crisis
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Press Releases

Press releases

“We need a new approach to managing cities” — UN-Habitat presents Annual Report 2023 الخميس, 16 مايو 2024
Global experts start work on UN guidelines on people-centred smart cities الجمعة, 19 أبريل 2024
UN-Habitat joins the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact الأربعاء, 27 مارس 2024
UN-Habitat launches partnership with Shanghai SUS Environment Ltd to advance sustainable urban development. الأربعاء, 13 مارس 2024
ASEAN and UN-Habitat advance regional sustainable urban development الخميس, 7 مارس 2024
Inter-Agency Standing Committee Deputies Group meets in person in Nairobi الثلاثاء, 5 مارس 2024
New analysis shows the world can fight climate change through greater action in cities الجمعة, 23 فبراير 2024
UN-Habitat on housing and the upcoming World Urban Forum الأربعاء, 14 فبراير 2024

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Leveraging migrants’ contribution to the emergency and protecting the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 crisis, Thursday 16 April 2020 الخميس, 16 أبريل 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Digital Technologies and the COVID-19 Pandemic, Wednesday 15 April 2020 الأربعاء, 15 أبريل 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Local Government Associations, Thursday 9 April 2020 الخميس, 9 أبريل 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Mobility (2nd Thematic Session), Wednesday 8 April 2020 الأربعاء, 8 أبريل 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Housing and COVID-19, Wednesday 1 April 2020 الأربعاء, 1 أبريل 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Beyond the Immediate Response to the Outbreak Building the Community, Wednesday 25 March 2020 الأربعاء, 25 مارس 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of the Official Closing, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) Thursday 13th February 2020, Abu, Dhabi الخميس, 13 فبراير 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of Dialogue 2 – Implementing the New Urban Agenda to drive Sustainable Change, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) الاثنين, 10 فبراير 2020

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