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Press Releases

Press releases

UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message الثلاثاء, 30 أكتوبر 2018
UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message الثلاثاء, 30 أكتوبر 2018
Liverpool Hosts Key International Forum on Protecting Urban Residents from Disasters for 2018 World Cities Day الخميس, 25 أكتوبر 2018
Press Release: Abu Dhabi Signs Agreement with UN-Habitat to Host 10th World Urban Forum in 2020 الأربعاء, 17 أكتوبر 2018
Youth 2030: UN-Habitat commits to work with youth to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. الاثنين, 8 أكتوبر 2018
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
Cities are engines for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals الجمعة, 20 يوليو 2018

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

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
Statement of the Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development of Kenya at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 الاثنين, 6 مايو 2024
Statement by UN-Habitat on the Nairobi floods on 26 April 2024 الجمعة, 26 أبريل 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe in Gaza الخميس, 22 فبراير 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: We cannot abandon the people of Gaza الأربعاء, 31 يناير 2024
Valedictory talk by the UN-Habitat Executive Director at the Bartlett School of Planning الثلاثاء, 16 يناير 2024
Acceptance speech by the UN-Habitat Executive Director upon appointment as a fellow of the Royal Town Planners’ Institute الاثنين, 15 يناير 2024
Outcome statement on urbanization and climate change from the COP28 Local Climate Action Summit and Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change الأربعاء, 6 ديسمبر 2023

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