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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

Liverpool to host global observance of 2018 World Cities Day الاثنين, 25 يونيو 2018
Foreign investment could help lift millions of Africans out of poverty الخميس, 21 يونيو 2018
UN-Habitat and Think City sign MOU aimed at bettering cities in Malaysia and across the globe الثلاثاء, 8 مايو 2018
In Iraq, years of violence and conflict leave 4 million children in need الثلاثاء, 13 فبراير 2018
Ministerial meeting for Arab States to be held in Morocco الأربعاء, 13 ديسمبر 2017
Regional Partners Forum gathers 80 representatives from 20 countries to drive implementation of New Urban Agenda and SDGs in Asia Pacific الأربعاء, 29 نوفمبر 2017

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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