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

Press releases

SG message - World Cities Days (31 October 2021) السبت, 30 أكتوبر 2021
SG message - World Cities Days (31 October 2021) السبت, 30 أكتوبر 2021
SG message - World Cities Days (31 October 2021) السبت, 30 أكتوبر 2021
SG message - World Cities Days (31 October 2021) السبت, 30 أكتوبر 2021
SG message - World Cities Days (31 October 2021) السبت, 30 أكتوبر 2021
SG message - World Cities Days (31 October 2021) السبت, 30 أكتوبر 2021
UN-Habitat and Expo 2020 Dubai to highlight climate resilient cities at World Cities Day الجمعة, 29 أكتوبر 2021
UN-Habitat and Expo 2020 Dubai to highlight climate resilient cities at World Cities Day الجمعة, 29 أكتوبر 2021

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director´s message on World Habitat Day الجمعة, 28 سبتمبر 2018
Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director´s message on World Habitat Day الجمعة, 28 سبتمبر 2018
The High Level Political Form on Sustainable Development Plenary SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production pattern Speech by UN-Habitat Executive Director: Maimunah Mohd Sharif 12 July 2018 الاثنين, 16 يوليو 2018

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