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Press Releases

Press releases

UN-Habitat and Egypt to host Global Observance of World Cities Day 2021 in historic city of Luxor الخميس, 14 أكتوبر 2021
International Union of Architects 2030 Award: Press Release الثلاثاء, 12 أكتوبر 2021
International Union of Architects 2030 Award: Press Release الثلاثاء, 12 أكتوبر 2021
The New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) of Egypt’s Ministry of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities wins the Scroll of Honour 2021 الخميس, 23 سبتمبر 2021
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change joins as co-sponsor for the Innovate4Cities climate change conference الثلاثاء, 21 سبتمبر 2021
2021 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour award winners announced السبت, 18 سبتمبر 2021
UN-Habitat and Cameroon to host Global Observance of World Habitat Day 2021 in Yaoundé, Cameroon الثلاثاء, 21 سبتمبر 2021
2021 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour award winners announced السبت, 18 سبتمبر 2021

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Speech of UN-Habitat Executive Director Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif at Stockholm+50: Leadership dialogue series الخميس, 2 يونيو 2022
Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at opening the 9th Africities Summit on the rile of intermediary cities of Africa in the implementation of the Agenda 2030 of the United Nations and the African Union Agenda 2063 الثلاثاء, 17 مايو 2022
Statement by Mr Walter Cotte on behalf of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies الاثنين, 9 مايو 2022
Statement of Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in New York on 28 April 2022 الجمعة, 29 أبريل 2022
Message from the UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif Serbia National Urban Forum 11 April 2022 الاثنين, 11 أبريل 2022
Pre-meeting on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda الثلاثاء, 29 مارس 2022
Message from UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif Convention on the Status of Women (CSW66) Side Event 15 March 2022 الثلاثاء, 15 مارس 2022
Message from UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif on the Opening Session Urban Thinkers Campus North American Women & SDGs 7 March 2022 الاثنين, 7 مارس 2022

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