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Press Releases

Press releases

First UN-Habitat Assembly opens in Nairobi and elects President, 27 May 2019 星期三, 29 五月 2019
Statement of the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, on the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 302 星期一, 11 三月 2019
UN-Habitat Continues Rehabilitation of Severely Damaged Houses in West Mosul Under Its Community-Based Urban Recovery Programme 星期五, 21 十二月 2018
Launch of a land readjustment project aiming at stopping informal expansion in urban extension areas. 星期五, 21 十二月 2018
UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message 星期二, 30 十月 2018
UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message 星期二, 30 十月 2018
Liverpool Hosts Key International Forum on Protecting Urban Residents from Disasters for 2018 World Cities Day 星期四, 25 十月 2018
Press Release: Abu Dhabi Signs Agreement with UN-Habitat to Host 10th World Urban Forum in 2020 星期三, 17 十月 2018

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif On the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations 星期二, 22 九月 2020
Closing remarks by the Executive Director during the resumed session of the Executive Board held on 29 July, 2020 星期三, 29 七月 2020
Launch of UN Secretary-General Policy Brief on COVID-19 in an Urban World. Monday, 27 July 2020 星期一, 27 七月 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020 Bolstering local action to control the pandemic and accelerate the implementation, Thursday 9 July 2020 星期四, 9 七月 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020 Special Event Official Launch of the SDG6 Global Acceleration Framework, Thursday 9 July 2020 星期四, 9 七月 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020 UN-Habitat and WHO Urban Form and COVID-19: Thinking Through Issues of Density, Overcrowding, Public Space, and Health Thursday, 9 July 2020 星期四, 9 七月 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020: UCLG and UN-Habitat Voluntary Local Review Series Launch Wednesday, 08 July 2020 星期三, 8 七月 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020: Voluntary National Review Lab: Multi-level governance and subnational reporting on Voluntary National Reviews and Voluntary Local Reviews. Wednesday, 8 July 2020 星期三, 8 七月 2020

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