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Cities Hold the Key to a Sustainable Future. Keep Their Role Central at COP29
Time to strengthen solutions to the growing urban challenges
Naomi Hoogervorst on Democratization of Design: "Equal Cities Need Equal Voices"
Kenya elected Vice-Chair of the UN-Habitat Executive Board
Urban Thinkers Campus – Transforming cities to be inclusive, equitable, and just through a paradigm shift towards gender equality
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Press Releases

Press releases

UN-Habitat and UNICEF promote uptake of jointly collected data on disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods by municipalities and other stakeholders across Lebanon Jueves, 2 Septiembre 2021
UN-Habitat and UNICEF promote uptake of jointly collected data on disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods by municipalities and other stakeholders across Lebanon Jueves, 2 Septiembre 2021
UNEP Regional Office for West Asia & UN-Habitat Regional Office of Arab States sign Letter of Agreement to work on promoting cities climate adaptation and green recovery and reconstruction Miércoles, 25 Agosto 2021
UN-Habitat and Habitat for Humanity International renew partnership to address affordable housing around the world Jueves, 12 Agosto 2021
Global CEO Alliance and UN-Habitat aim to support 1,000 cities to reach the Sustainable Development Goals Jueves, 22 Julio 2021
Note to Correspondents on the President of the UN General Assembly’s mission to Kenya Lunes, 28 Junio 2021
Arabic - UNDP press release on two reports released with UN-Habitat and IOM Jueves, 10 Junio 2021
UNDP press release on two reports released with UN-Habitat and IOM Jueves, 10 Junio 2021

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Cities will be critical for the global COVID-19 recovery and building back better according to UN-Habitat flagship report - English Viernes, 30 Octubre 2020
UN-Habitat Executive Director, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day, New York Local Innovations, SDGs and COVID-19, 30 October 2020 Viernes, 30 Octubre 2020
ED's Intro_English Jueves, 29 Octubre 2020
ED's Intro_Spanish Jueves, 29 Octubre 2020
ED's Intro_Russian Jueves, 29 Octubre 2020
ED's Intro_French Jueves, 29 Octubre 2020
ED's Intro_Chinese Miércoles, 28 Octubre 2020
UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif Global Observance of World Habitat Day speech Monday 5 October 2020 Lunes, 5 Octubre 2020

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