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Press Releases

Press releases

New analysis shows the world can fight climate change through greater action in cities 星期五, 23 二月 2024
UN-Habitat on housing and the upcoming World Urban Forum 星期三, 14 二月 2024
UN-Habitat signs agreement with Save the Children to make cities greener, healthier, and more child-friendly 星期二, 30 一月 2024
The King’s Foundation receives UN-Habitat Special Citation Award for its pioneering work on sustainable urbanization 星期五, 19 一月 2024
UN-Habitat partners with University College London to leverage expertise for sustainable urban development 星期三, 17 一月 2024
Call for climate action through transformative urban planning is launched by leading organizations at COP28 星期四, 7 十二月 2023
Outcomes of the second Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change at COP28 星期二, 5 十二月 2023
Baku wins bid to host World Urban Forum 2026 星期五, 1 十二月 2023

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Speech at the press conference in Istanbul, Republic of Türkiye, ahead of World Habitat Day 2022 星期五, 30 九月 2022
Speech at the opening ceremony of the 13th Asia-Pacific Cities Summit 星期三, 27 七月 2022
Speech at the Commemorative symposium on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific 星期二, 26 七月 2022
Katowice Declared Actions 星期五, 1 七月 2022
Closing speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum 星期五, 1 七月 2022
Opening speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum 星期一, 27 六月 2022
Speech of UN-Habitat Executive Director Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif at Stockholm+50: Leadership dialogue series 星期四, 2 六月 2022
Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at opening the 9th Africities Summit on the rile of intermediary cities of Africa in the implementation of the Agenda 2030 of the United Nations and the African Union Agenda 2063 星期二, 17 五月 2022

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