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Press Releases

Press releases

UN-Habitat aims to drive urban recovery efforts in Ukraine 星期五, 17 五月 2024
“We need a new approach to managing cities” — UN-Habitat presents Annual Report 2023 星期四, 16 五月 2024
Global experts start work on UN guidelines on people-centred smart cities 星期五, 19 四月 2024
UN-Habitat joins the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact 星期三, 27 三月 2024
UN-Habitat launches partnership with Shanghai SUS Environment Ltd to advance sustainable urban development. 星期三, 13 三月 2024
ASEAN and UN-Habitat advance regional sustainable urban development 星期四, 7 三月 2024
Inter-Agency Standing Committee Deputies Group meets in person in Nairobi 星期二, 5 三月 2024
New analysis shows the world can fight climate change through greater action in cities 星期五, 23 二月 2024

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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