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Press Releases

Press releases

В Катовице, Польша, начинает работу 11-я сессия Всемирного форума городов 星期一, 27 六月 2022
Comienza la Undécima Sesión del Foro Urbano Mundial en Katowice, Polonia 星期一, 27 六月 2022
Ouverture de la onzième session du Forum urbain mondial à Katowice, en Pologne 星期一, 27 六月 2022
UN-Habitat announces winners of the Katowice Energy Innovation Challenge 星期四, 2 六月 2022
General Assembly, local government recommit to New Urban Agenda at high-level UN meeting 星期五, 29 四月 2022
Countries gather in Botswana to discuss their efforts to implement the SDGs 星期一, 11 四月 2022
Four cities selected to pilot a digital rights governance framework 星期五, 25 三月 2022
City of New York Joins UN-Habitat to launch report on the voluntary local review (VLR) movement 星期四, 6 一月 2022

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Speech at the press conference in Istanbul, Republic of Türkiye, ahead of World Habitat Day 2022 星期五, 30 九月 2022
Speech at the opening ceremony of the 13th Asia-Pacific Cities Summit 星期三, 27 七月 2022
Speech at the Commemorative symposium on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific 星期二, 26 七月 2022
Katowice Declared Actions 星期五, 1 七月 2022
Closing speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum 星期五, 1 七月 2022
Opening speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum 星期一, 27 六月 2022
Speech of UN-Habitat Executive Director Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif at Stockholm+50: Leadership dialogue series 星期四, 2 六月 2022
Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at opening the 9th Africities Summit on the rile of intermediary cities of Africa in the implementation of the Agenda 2030 of the United Nations and the African Union Agenda 2063 星期二, 17 五月 2022

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