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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

Many cities lack plans to guide digitalization 星期一, 14 十一月 2022
World Cities Day 2022 celebrated in Shanghai, China 星期一, 31 十月 2022
World Habitat Day 2022 in Balikesir, Türkiye 星期二, 4 十月 2022
African delegates chart the way forward in creating clean cities 星期二, 2 八月 2022
The Declared Actions of the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF11) 星期五, 1 七月 2022
联合国人居署发布《2022年世界城市报告》 星期三, 29 六月 2022
برنامج الأمم المتحدة للمستوطنات البشرية يطلق تقرير مدن العالم 20 星期三, 29 六月 2022
ONU-Habitat lanza el Informe Mundial de las Ciudades 2022 星期三, 29 六月 2022

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe in Gaza 星期四, 22 二月 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: We cannot abandon the people of Gaza 星期三, 31 一月 2024
Valedictory talk by the UN-Habitat Executive Director at the Bartlett School of Planning 星期二, 16 一月 2024
Acceptance speech by the UN-Habitat Executive Director upon appointment as a fellow of the Royal Town Planners’ Institute 星期一, 15 一月 2024
Outcome statement on urbanization and climate change from the COP28 Local Climate Action Summit and Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change 星期三, 6 十二月 2023
Opening speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the 2023 third session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat 星期三, 29 十一月 2023
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee 星期四, 16 十一月 2023
Statement by the UN-Habitat Executive Director on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory 星期五, 10 十一月 2023

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