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Press Releases

Press releases

Press Release 2020 Scroll of Honour awards 8 September 2020 الثلاثاء, 8 سبتمبر 2020
UN-Habitat responds immediately to support families following explosions in Lebanon’s capital الأربعاء, 12 أغسطس 2020
Planet Smart City partners with UN-Habitat on slum upgrading initiatives in Kenya الخميس, 6 أغسطس 2020
Statement from the UN-Habitat Executive Director on the Beirut Explosions الخميس, 6 أغسطس 2020
UN-Habitat and UNOSSC commit to stepping up South-South cooperation on urban issues السبت, 18 يوليو 2020
Scroll of Honour - Spanish الأربعاء, 8 يوليو 2020
Scroll of Honour Award - Russian الجمعة, 3 يوليو 2020
Reimagining Public Safety in the face of historical inequalities and emerging crisis in Cities - FRENCH الخميس, 2 يوليو 2020

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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