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Press Releases

Press releases

Arabic - UNDP press release on two reports released with UN-Habitat and IOM الخميس, 10 يونيو 2021
UNDP press release on two reports released with UN-Habitat and IOM الخميس, 10 يونيو 2021
Arabic - Local authorities in Heet, Iraq celebrate the handover of UN-Habitat projects funded by the European Union and Alwaleed Philanthropies الخميس, 10 يونيو 2021
Local authorities in Heet, Iraq celebrate the handover of UN-Habitat projects funded by the European Union and Alwaleed Philanthropies الخميس, 10 يونيو 2021
Turkey’s First Lady honoured as a Champion of UN-Habitat’s Waste Wise Cities programme الأربعاء, 2 يونيو 2021
Celebrating UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration-World Environment Day 2021 World Environment Day 2021 الجمعة, 28 مايو 2021
Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities الجمعة, 14 مايو 2021
Japanese - Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities الاثنين, 17 مايو 2021

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Speech at the closing ceremony of the World Habitat Day 2022 in Balikesir, Republic of Türkiye الخميس, 6 أكتوبر 2022
Speech at the High-level opening ceremony of the World Habitat Day 2022 in Balikesir, Republic of Türkiye الثلاثاء, 4 أكتوبر 2022
Speech at the press conference in Istanbul, Republic of Türkiye, ahead of World Habitat Day 2022 الجمعة, 30 سبتمبر 2022
Speech at the opening ceremony of the 13th Asia-Pacific Cities Summit الأربعاء, 27 يوليو 2022
Speech at the Commemorative symposium on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific الثلاثاء, 26 يوليو 2022
Katowice Declared Actions الجمعة, 1 يوليو 2022
Closing speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum الجمعة, 1 يوليو 2022
Opening speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum الاثنين, 27 يونيو 2022

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