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Press Releases

Press releases

Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities 星期五, 14 五月 2021
Nominations for the 2021 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Awards now open 星期三, 28 四月 2021
Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future Press release - Spanish 星期二, 30 三月 2021
Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future Press release - French 星期一, 29 三月 2021
Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future Press release - Arabic 星期一, 29 三月 2021
Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future Press release - English 星期一, 29 三月 2021
UN-Habitat and the Federal Republic of Germany establish a United Nations ‘Innovation Technology Accelerator for Cities’ (UNITAC Hamburg) at the HafenCity University in Hamburg 星期四, 18 三月 2021
Launch of Her City – a digital platform to support girls’ participation in urban planning 星期三, 10 三月 2021

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

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
Communication from the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Kenya for the period of 9 June 2023 to 28 June 2023 星期二, 4 七月 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat speech at the World Refugee Day celebrations at Kakuma-Kalobeyei in Kenya 星期一, 19 六月 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat speech at the Kenya Urban Forum “Strategic Pathways to Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanization in Kenya” 星期三, 14 六月 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat speech at the closing of the second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly 星期三, 14 六月 2023

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