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UN-Habitat in the News

Time to strengthen solutions to the growing urban challenges
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

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
UN-Habitat aims to drive urban recovery efforts in Ukraine 星期五, 17 五月 2024

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Closing Speech at the Second Session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat 星期三, 23 十一月 2022
Statement by the Chair of the ad hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters 星期一, 21 十一月 2022
Statement by the Chair of the ad hoc working group on stakeholder engagement policy 星期一, 21 十一月 2022
Statement by Honourable Zacharia Mwangi Njeru, Cabinet Secretary for The Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development 星期一, 21 十一月 2022
Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat 星期一, 21 十一月 2022
Statement by the UNON Director General 星期一, 21 十一月 2022
Speech at the Ministerial Roundtable at COP27 in Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt 星期四, 17 十一月 2022
Head of UN-Habitat calls for greater local participation to achieve the SDGs 星期一, 31 十月 2022

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