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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

World Cities Report Press Release_French 星期一, 2 十一月 2020
Final World Cities Report Press Release_Arabic 星期一, 2 十一月 2020
Cities will be critical for the global COVID-19 recovery and building back better according to UN-Habitat flagship report - Russian 星期五, 30 十月 2020
Global observance of World Cities Day 2020 on 31 October being hosted by Kenya 星期四, 22 十月 2020
Official signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding between UN-Habitat and the African Renaissance and Diaspora Network 星期二, 20 十月 2020
UN-Habitat and Indonesia Host the First Ever Virtual World Habitat Day 2020 from Surabaya 星期六, 3 十月 2020
UN-Habitat and Indonesia Host the First Ever Virtual World Habitat Day 2020 from Surabaya 星期六, 3 十月 2020
40 Days Safer Cities Challenge 星期六, 19 九月 2020

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

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
Statement of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, HLPF Plenary session on SDG11 星期四, 13 七月 2023
Communication from the Permanent Mission of the Russian federation to Nairobi dated June 2023 星期四, 6 七月 2023

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