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Press Releases

Press releases

UN-Habitat Continues Rehabilitation of Severely Damaged Houses in West Mosul Under Its Community-Based Urban Recovery Programme الجمعة, 21 ديسمبر 2018
Launch of a land readjustment project aiming at stopping informal expansion in urban extension areas. الجمعة, 21 ديسمبر 2018
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

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Ministerial Dialogue with Local and Regional Governments: Strengthening Coordination to Implement the Paris Agreement, 28 May 2020 الخميس, 28 مايو 2020
Global Network on Safer Cities Consultative Meeting: 'Strengthening the Safer Cities Strategy while responding to COVID-19' Speech, 27 May 2020 الأربعاء, 27 مايو 2020
Global Vision | Urban Action: Collaborating for a Stronger Future Webinar 1: Public Health Speech, 21 May 2020 الخميس, 21 مايو 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Equality and Accessibility Session, Wednesday 20 May 2020 الأربعاء, 20 مايو 2020
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), 17 May 2020 الأحد, 17 مايو 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Gender session, Wednesday 6 May 2020 الأربعاء, 6 مايو 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Local Economic Development, Thursday 30 April 2020 الخميس, 30 أبريل 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Informalities, Wednesday 29 April 2020 الأربعاء, 29 أبريل 2020

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