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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

Statement by Mr Walter Cotte on behalf of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 星期一, 9 五月 2022
Statement of Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in New York on 28 April 2022 星期五, 29 四月 2022
Message from the UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif Serbia National Urban Forum 11 April 2022 星期一, 11 四月 2022
Pre-meeting on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda 星期二, 29 三月 2022
Message from UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif Convention on the Status of Women (CSW66) Side Event 15 March 2022 星期二, 15 三月 2022
Message from UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif on the Opening Session Urban Thinkers Campus North American Women & SDGs 7 March 2022 星期一, 7 三月 2022
Message from UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif during the 49th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council 28th Feb – 2nd Mar 2022. 星期三, 2 三月 2022
Keynote Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at Jakarta Development Collaboration Network 星期四, 16 十二月 2021

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