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Uruguay offers a cooperative answer to the global housing shortage
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Press Releases

Press releases

United Nations program: Montréal to host UN-Habitat project office الثلاثاء, 13 ديسمبر 2022
Many cities lack plans to guide digitalization الاثنين, 14 نوفمبر 2022
World Cities Day 2022 celebrated in Shanghai, China الاثنين, 31 أكتوبر 2022
World Habitat Day 2022 in Balikesir, Türkiye الثلاثاء, 4 أكتوبر 2022
African delegates chart the way forward in creating clean cities الثلاثاء, 2 أغسطس 2022
The Declared Actions of the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF11) الجمعة, 1 يوليو 2022
联合国人居署发布《2022年世界城市报告》 الأربعاء, 29 يونيو 2022
برنامج الأمم المتحدة للمستوطنات البشرية يطلق تقرير مدن العالم 20 الأربعاء, 29 يونيو 2022

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee الخميس, 16 نوفمبر 2023
Statement by the UN-Habitat Executive Director on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory الجمعة, 10 نوفمبر 2023
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory الثلاثاء, 7 نوفمبر 2023
Statement by the UN-Habitat Executive Director on the situation in Gaza الخميس, 2 نوفمبر 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat briefing to Member States on the Implementation of the Second Session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly الأربعاء, 6 سبتمبر 2023
Statement of Poland on behalf of the Group of Friends of UN-Habitat at HLPF on SDG11 in New York الخميس, 13 يوليو 2023
Statement of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, HLPF Plenary session on SDG11 الخميس, 13 يوليو 2023
Communication from the Permanent Mission of the Russian federation to Nairobi dated June 2023 الخميس, 6 يوليو 2023

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