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Press Releases

Press releases

Presidents and Prime Ministers discuss innovation at first UN-Habitat Assembly 星期三, 29 五月 2019
UN-Habitat Press Release on WHD WCD WUF hosts, 28 May 2019 星期三, 29 五月 2019
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

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Communication from the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Kenya for the period of 22 May 2023 to 6 June 2023 星期四, 8 六月 2023
Statement from the Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed to the second United Nations Habitat Assembly 星期四, 8 六月 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat, speech at the Cycling event in Nairobi 星期三, 7 六月 2023
Statement by the President of Kenya at the opening of the second United Nations Assembly. 星期二, 6 六月 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat speech at the high-level event on women sharping cities and communities 星期二, 6 六月 2023
UN-Habitat Assembly video message - Secretary General 星期一, 5 六月 2023
Introductory Statement of the Executive Director at the Ceremonial Opening of the Second United Nations Habitat Assembly 星期一, 5 六月 2023
UN-Habitat Assembly video message - President of General Assembly 星期一, 5 六月 2023

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