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Press Releases

Press releases

UN-Habitat and Egypt to host Global Observance of World Cities Day 2021 in historic city of Luxor 星期四, 14 十月 2021
International Union of Architects 2030 Award: Press Release 星期二, 12 十月 2021
International Union of Architects 2030 Award: Press Release 星期二, 12 十月 2021
The New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) of Egypt’s Ministry of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities wins the Scroll of Honour 2021 星期四, 23 九月 2021
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change joins as co-sponsor for the Innovate4Cities climate change conference 星期二, 21 九月 2021
2021 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour award winners announced 星期六, 18 九月 2021
UN-Habitat and Cameroon to host Global Observance of World Habitat Day 2021 in Yaoundé, Cameroon 星期二, 21 九月 2021
2021 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour award winners announced 星期六, 18 九月 2021

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Local Government Associations, Thursday 9 April 2020 星期四, 9 四月 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Mobility (2nd Thematic Session), Wednesday 8 April 2020 星期三, 8 四月 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Housing and COVID-19, Wednesday 1 April 2020 星期三, 1 四月 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Beyond the Immediate Response to the Outbreak Building the Community, Wednesday 25 March 2020 星期三, 25 三月 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of the Official Closing, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) Thursday 13th February 2020, Abu, Dhabi 星期四, 13 二月 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of Dialogue 2 – Implementing the New Urban Agenda to drive Sustainable Change, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) 星期一, 10 二月 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of the Launch of the Launch Flagship Programme on “SDG Cities”, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) 星期一, 10 二月 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of the Launch of the Flagship Programme on “People-focused smart cities”, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) 星期一, 10 二月 2020

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