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

Press releases

Digital Technologies and the COVID-19 Pandemic #BeyondTheOutbreak الجمعة, 17 أبريل 2020
Mobility, a cornerstone of public services in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic الخميس, 9 أبريل 2020
Mobility, a cornerstone of public services in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic الخميس, 9 أبريل 2020
Mobility, a cornerstone of public services in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic الخميس, 9 أبريل 2020
Local Government Associations: multiplying and upscaling of measures #BeyondTheOutbreak الخميس, 9 أبريل 2020
Ensuring everyone can #StayAtHome through the provision of public services - SPANISH الخميس, 2 أبريل 2020
Ensuring everyone can #StayAtHome through the provision of public services - FRENCH الخميس, 2 أبريل 2020
Ensuring everyone can #StayAtHome through the provision of public services الخميس, 2 أبريل 2020

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Executive Director's Remarks during the High-Level Strategic Dialogue at the First Session of the UN-Habitat Assembly, 29 May 2019 الأربعاء, 29 مايو 2019
Executive Director's Opening Remarks at the Partnership and Pledging Conference during the First Session of the UN-Habitat Assembly, 29 May 2019 الأربعاء, 29 مايو 2019
Executive Director's Remarks during the One UN Dialogue at the First Session of the UN-Habitat Assembly, 28 May 2019 الثلاثاء, 28 مايو 2019
Executive Director's Remarks during the Kenya Host Country Reception, First Session UN-Habitat Assembly, 28 May 2019 الثلاثاء, 28 مايو 2019
Executive Director's Opening Remarks at the Gender Forum during the UN-Habitat Assembly, 28 May 2019 الثلاثاء, 28 مايو 2019
Executive Director's Remarks on the Occasion of the Opening of the First Session of the UN-Habitat Assembly, 27 - 31 May 2019 الاثنين, 27 مايو 2019
Executive Director's Policy Statement during the First Session of the UN-Habitat Assembly 27 - 31 May 2019 الاثنين, 27 مايو 2019
Global Strategic Dialogue Series, Mannheim, 26 March 2019 - Executive Director Remarks الاثنين, 8 أبريل 2019

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