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Press Releases

Press releases

UN-Habitat re-establishes its country presence in Morocco signaling a strengthened partnership on sustainable urbanization الثلاثاء, 9 مارس 2021
Groundbreaking Innovate4Cities Conference to explore climate crisis solutions الخميس, 4 مارس 2021
Voluntary Local Reviews are changing the way we think of SDG localization and the approach to the National Reviews الثلاثاء, 2 مارس 2021
Keynote speakers announced for Rural Housing Summit الاثنين, 15 فبراير 2021
Friedrich-Ebert-Stifung Foundation (FES) to partner with UN-Habitat to advance SDG 11 in Africa الاثنين, 1 فبراير 2021
First-of-A-Kind Comparative Review of Urban Observatories Launched الأربعاء, 27 يناير 2021
Joint Statement on Accelerating Climate Adaptation in Cities الثلاثاء, 26 يناير 2021
Open call for proposals launched The EU-WOP Programme launches call for proposals for utility partnerships to advance progress on SDG 6 الاثنين, 18 يناير 2021

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Closing remarks by Anacláudia Rossbach, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-Habitat, at the twelfth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12) الأحد, 10 نوفمبر 2024
UN-Habitat Executive Director Opening Speech WUF12 الثلاثاء, 5 نوفمبر 2024
UN-Habitat Egypt President Speech WUF12 الثلاثاء, 5 نوفمبر 2024
Statement by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment الخميس, 8 أغسطس 2024
UN-Habitat's statement at the Preparatory Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development الثلاثاء, 23 يوليو 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on famine in Sudan الخميس, 30 مايو 2024
Opening statement of the Acting Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 الاثنين, 6 مايو 2024
Statement of the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Nairobi at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 الاثنين, 6 مايو 2024

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