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Urban Expo draws 60,000 visitors
UN-Habitat recognizes five approaches to adequate housing with 2026 Scroll of Honour
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UN urges global action on housing crisis for billions
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Press Releases

Press releases

Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum opens in Katowice, Poland 星期一, 27 六月 2022
В Катовице, Польша, начинает работу 11-я сессия Всемирного форума городов 星期一, 27 六月 2022
Comienza la Undécima Sesión del Foro Urbano Mundial en Katowice, Polonia 星期一, 27 六月 2022
Ouverture de la onzième session du Forum urbain mondial à Katowice, en Pologne 星期一, 27 六月 2022
UN-Habitat announces winners of the Katowice Energy Innovation Challenge 星期四, 2 六月 2022
General Assembly, local government recommit to New Urban Agenda at high-level UN meeting 星期五, 29 四月 2022
Countries gather in Botswana to discuss their efforts to implement the SDGs 星期一, 11 四月 2022
Four cities selected to pilot a digital rights governance framework 星期五, 25 三月 2022

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Valedictory talk by the UN-Habitat Executive Director at the Bartlett School of Planning 星期二, 16 一月 2024
Acceptance speech by the UN-Habitat Executive Director upon appointment as a fellow of the Royal Town Planners’ Institute 星期一, 15 一月 2024
Outcome statement on urbanization and climate change from the COP28 Local Climate Action Summit and Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change 星期三, 6 十二月 2023
Opening speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the 2023 third session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat 星期三, 29 十一月 2023
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

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