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Naomi Hoogervorst on Democratization of Design: "Equal Cities Need Equal Voices"
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
COVID-19 and the empathy revolution by UN-Habitat’s Eduardo Moreno in El Pais
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Press Releases

Press releases

World Habitat Day 2024: Engaging youth to create a better urban future 星期一, 7 十月 2024
Inaugural World Cleanup Day launches in Norway 星期五, 20 九月 2024
UN-Habitat announces 2024 Scroll of Honour Award winners 星期二, 17 九月 2024
UN-Habitat announces the twelfth session of the World Urban Forum returning to Africa after 20 years 星期一, 9 九月 2024
First ever World Cleanup Day to launch in Tromsø, Norway 星期三, 28 八月 2024
Global Covenant of Mayors and UN-Habitat to host the 2024 Innovate4Cities Conference in Montréal, Canada 星期二, 13 八月 2024
Anacláudia Marinheiro Centeno Rossbach of Brazil appointed as new Executive Director of UN-Habitat 星期二, 11 六月 2024
Study suggests countries can better tackle climate change by working with cities 星期三, 5 六月 2024

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif On the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations 星期二, 22 九月 2020
Closing remarks by the Executive Director during the resumed session of the Executive Board held on 29 July, 2020 星期三, 29 七月 2020
Launch of UN Secretary-General Policy Brief on COVID-19 in an Urban World. Monday, 27 July 2020 星期一, 27 七月 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020 Bolstering local action to control the pandemic and accelerate the implementation, Thursday 9 July 2020 星期四, 9 七月 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020 Special Event Official Launch of the SDG6 Global Acceleration Framework, Thursday 9 July 2020 星期四, 9 七月 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020 UN-Habitat and WHO Urban Form and COVID-19: Thinking Through Issues of Density, Overcrowding, Public Space, and Health Thursday, 9 July 2020 星期四, 9 七月 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020: UCLG and UN-Habitat Voluntary Local Review Series Launch Wednesday, 08 July 2020 星期三, 8 七月 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020: Voluntary National Review Lab: Multi-level governance and subnational reporting on Voluntary National Reviews and Voluntary Local Reviews. Wednesday, 8 July 2020 星期三, 8 七月 2020

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