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Press Releases

Press releases

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
The 2021 World Habitat Awards winners announced 星期一, 20 十二月 2021
Press Release: Equitable future cities hold answers to pollution, climate and nature breakdown 星期四, 18 十一月 2021
Press Release: Busan, UN-Habitat and OCEANIX set to build the world’s first sustainable floating city prototype as sea levels rise 星期四, 18 十一月 2021
New Council on Urban Initiatives puts cities at the crossroads of addressing urgent grand challenges through innovation 星期六, 6 十一月 2021

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

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
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory 星期二, 7 十一月 2023
Statement by the UN-Habitat Executive Director on the situation in Gaza 星期四, 2 十一月 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat briefing to Member States on the Implementation of the Second Session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly 星期三, 6 九月 2023
Statement of Poland on behalf of the Group of Friends of UN-Habitat at HLPF on SDG11 in New York 星期四, 13 七月 2023

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