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Press Releases

Press releases

Twelfth edition of the World Urban Forum opens in Cairo 星期一, 4 十一月 2024
Media Advisory: Opening press conference for the twelfth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12) 星期六, 2 十一月 2024
Youth lead climate action at World Cities Day 2024 Global Observance in Alexandria 星期四, 31 十月 2024
World Urban Forum 12 (WUF12) unites global leaders to address urbanization challenges 星期二, 29 十月 2024
UN-Habitat, UNOPS, Cities Alliance join forces for World Cities Day 2024 in Africa 星期四, 24 十月 2024
World Urban Forum features key events driving global urban innovation 星期二, 22 十月 2024
UN-Habitat hosts online press conference ahead of twelfth session of the World Urban Forum in Cairo 星期五, 18 十月 2024
UN-Habitat and Egypt ready to hold twelfth session of the World Urban Forum 星期二, 15 十月 2024

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Statement by Mr Walter Cotte on behalf of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 星期一, 9 五月 2022
Statement of Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in New York on 28 April 2022 星期五, 29 四月 2022
Message from the UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif Serbia National Urban Forum 11 April 2022 星期一, 11 四月 2022
Pre-meeting on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda 星期二, 29 三月 2022
Message from UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif Convention on the Status of Women (CSW66) Side Event 15 March 2022 星期二, 15 三月 2022
Message from UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif on the Opening Session Urban Thinkers Campus North American Women & SDGs 7 March 2022 星期一, 7 三月 2022
Message from UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif during the 49th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council 28th Feb – 2nd Mar 2022. 星期三, 2 三月 2022
Keynote Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at Jakarta Development Collaboration Network 星期四, 16 十二月 2021

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