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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

Speech at the closing ceremony of the World Habitat Day 2022 in Balikesir, Republic of Türkiye 星期四, 6 十月 2022
Speech at the High-level opening ceremony of the World Habitat Day 2022 in Balikesir, Republic of Türkiye 星期二, 4 十月 2022
Speech at the press conference in Istanbul, Republic of Türkiye, ahead of World Habitat Day 2022 星期五, 30 九月 2022
Speech at the opening ceremony of the 13th Asia-Pacific Cities Summit 星期三, 27 七月 2022
Speech at the Commemorative symposium on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific 星期二, 26 七月 2022
Katowice Declared Actions 星期五, 1 七月 2022
Closing speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum 星期五, 1 七月 2022
Opening speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum 星期一, 27 六月 2022

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