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Press Releases

Press releases

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
Department of Transport of New York City and UN-Habitat Join Transportation Alternatives’ “Bike Train” over the Williamsburg Bridge الخميس, 19 يوليو 2018
UN Environment, Yale University demonstrate how to make modern living sustainable with new eco-housing module الاثنين, 9 يوليو 2018
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

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

The Secretary-General Video Message on World Habitat Day 5 October 2020_Arabic الجمعة, 2 أكتوبر 2020
The Secretary-General Video Message on World Habitat Day 5 October 2020 الجمعة, 2 أكتوبر 2020
Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif On the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations الثلاثاء, 22 سبتمبر 2020
Closing remarks by the Executive Director during the resumed session of the Executive Board held on 29 July, 2020 الأربعاء, 29 يوليو 2020
Launch of UN Secretary-General Policy Brief on COVID-19 in an Urban World. Monday, 27 July 2020 الاثنين, 27 يوليو 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020 Bolstering local action to control the pandemic and accelerate the implementation, Thursday 9 July 2020 الخميس, 9 يوليو 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020 Special Event Official Launch of the SDG6 Global Acceleration Framework, Thursday 9 July 2020 الخميس, 9 يوليو 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020 UN-Habitat and WHO Urban Form and COVID-19: Thinking Through Issues of Density, Overcrowding, Public Space, and Health Thursday, 9 July 2020 الخميس, 9 يوليو 2020

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