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Cities Hold the Key to a Sustainable Future. Keep Their Role Central at COP29
Time to strengthen solutions to the growing urban challenges
Naomi Hoogervorst on Democratization of Design: "Equal Cities Need Equal Voices"
Kenya elected Vice-Chair of the UN-Habitat Executive Board
Urban Thinkers Campus – Transforming cities to be inclusive, equitable, and just through a paradigm shift towards gender equality
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Press Releases

Press releases

World Cities Report Press Release - Spanish الاثنين, 9 نوفمبر 2020
World Cities Report Press Release_Russia الاثنين, 2 نوفمبر 2020
World Cities Report Press Release_French الاثنين, 2 نوفمبر 2020
Final World Cities Report Press Release_Arabic الاثنين, 2 نوفمبر 2020
Cities will be critical for the global COVID-19 recovery and building back better according to UN-Habitat flagship report - Russian الجمعة, 30 أكتوبر 2020
Global observance of World Cities Day 2020 on 31 October being hosted by Kenya الخميس, 22 أكتوبر 2020
Official signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding between UN-Habitat and the African Renaissance and Diaspora Network الثلاثاء, 20 أكتوبر 2020
UN-Habitat and Indonesia Host the First Ever Virtual World Habitat Day 2020 from Surabaya السبت, 3 أكتوبر 2020

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Communication from the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Kenya for the period of 9 June 2023 to 28 June 2023 الثلاثاء, 4 يوليو 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat speech at the World Refugee Day celebrations at Kakuma-Kalobeyei in Kenya الاثنين, 19 يونيو 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat speech at the Kenya Urban Forum “Strategic Pathways to Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanization in Kenya” الأربعاء, 14 يونيو 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat speech at the closing of the second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly الأربعاء, 14 يونيو 2023
Communication from the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Kenya for the period of 22 May 2023 to 6 June 2023 الخميس, 8 يونيو 2023
Statement from the Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed to the second United Nations Habitat Assembly الخميس, 8 يونيو 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat, speech at the Cycling event in Nairobi الأربعاء, 7 يونيو 2023
Statement by the President of Kenya at the opening of the second United Nations Assembly. الثلاثاء, 6 يونيو 2023

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