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

Press releases

UN-Habitat launches guidelines on Net-Zero Carbon Village Planning الجمعة, 31 مايو 2019
Over US$152 million raised for urban Sustainable Development Goals at first UN-Habitat Assembly الخميس, 30 مايو 2019
Signing of the letter of intent between UN-Habitat and Songyang peoples’ government الخميس, 30 مايو 2019
Presidents and Prime Ministers discuss innovation at first UN-Habitat Assembly الأربعاء, 29 مايو 2019
UN-Habitat Press Release on WHD WCD WUF hosts, 28 May 2019 الأربعاء, 29 مايو 2019
First UN-Habitat Assembly opens in Nairobi and elects President, 27 May 2019 الأربعاء, 29 مايو 2019
Statement of the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, on the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 302 الاثنين, 11 مارس 2019
UN-Habitat Continues Rehabilitation of Severely Damaged Houses in West Mosul Under Its Community-Based Urban Recovery Programme الجمعة, 21 ديسمبر 2018

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

WHD 2020 EDs Message_English الجمعة, 2 أكتوبر 2020
WHD 2020 EDs Message_Arabic الجمعة, 2 أكتوبر 2020
The Secretary-General Video Message on World Habitat Day 5 October 2020_French الجمعة, 2 أكتوبر 2020
The Secretary-General Video Message on World Habitat Day 5 October 2020_Chinese الجمعة, 2 أكتوبر 2020
The Secretary-General Video Message on World Habitat Day 5 October 2020_Spanish الجمعة, 2 أكتوبر 2020
The Secretary-General Video Message on World Habitat Day 5 October 2020_Russian الجمعة, 2 أكتوبر 2020
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

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