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Press Releases

Press releases

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
Youth 2030: UN-Habitat commits to work with youth to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 星期一, 8 十月 2018
Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director´s message on World Habitat Day 星期五, 28 九月 2018
Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director´s message on World Habitat Day 星期五, 28 九月 2018
Cities are engines for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 星期五, 20 七月 2018
Department of Transport of New York City and UN-Habitat Join Transportation Alternatives’ “Bike Train” over the Williamsburg Bridge 星期四, 19 七月 2018
UN Environment, Yale University demonstrate how to make modern living sustainable with new eco-housing module 星期一, 9 七月 2018

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe in Gaza 星期四, 22 二月 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: We cannot abandon the people of Gaza 星期三, 31 一月 2024
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

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