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Press Releases

Press releases

UN-Habitat inaugurates its Canada office in Montreal to support adequate, climate-smart housing solutions 星期四, 18 九月 2025
Japan contributes USD 5.5 million for upgrading informal settlements in Syria 星期二, 12 八月 2025
Bogotá to host global observance of World Cities Day 2025 星期二, 22 七月 2025
Media advisory: High-level dialogue on housing 星期一, 21 七月 2025
Sevilla Platform for Action launched to boost local finance for sustainable development 星期一, 7 七月 2025
The African Development Bank and UN-Habitat scale up drive for sustainable urbanization in Africa 星期三, 2 七月 2025
UN-Habitat sounds the alarm on the global housing crisis in its 2024 Annual Report 星期一, 2 六月 2025
United Nations Habitat Assembly closes with a new plan to tackle the global housing crisis 星期五, 30 五月 2025

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Opening remarks by the Director General of UNON 星期二, 28 三月 2023
Communication from the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Kenya for the period of 1 January 2023 to 19 January 2023 星期五, 24 三月 2023
International Women’s Day 2023 Statement 星期二, 7 三月 2023
Speech at the Smart Madinah Forum, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabi 星期日, 19 二月 2023
Speech at the Signing Ceremony for 13th Cycle of the Dubai International Awards for Best Practices 星期四, 16 二月 2023
The head of UN-Habitat talks about our common urban future in Davos 星期一, 16 一月 2023
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

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