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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

Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future Press release - Arabic Lunes, 29 Marzo 2021
Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future Press release - English Lunes, 29 Marzo 2021
UN-Habitat and the Federal Republic of Germany establish a United Nations ‘Innovation Technology Accelerator for Cities’ (UNITAC Hamburg) at the HafenCity University in Hamburg Jueves, 18 Marzo 2021
Launch of Her City – a digital platform to support girls’ participation in urban planning Miércoles, 10 Marzo 2021
UN-Habitat re-establishes its country presence in Morocco signaling a strengthened partnership on sustainable urbanization Martes, 9 Marzo 2021
Groundbreaking Innovate4Cities Conference to explore climate crisis solutions Jueves, 4 Marzo 2021
Voluntary Local Reviews are changing the way we think of SDG localization and the approach to the National Reviews Martes, 2 Marzo 2021
Keynote speakers announced for Rural Housing Summit Lunes, 15 Febrero 2021

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Opening remarks by the Director General of UNON Martes, 28 Marzo 2023
Communication from the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Kenya for the period of 1 January 2023 to 19 January 2023 Viernes, 24 Marzo 2023
International Women’s Day 2023 Statement Martes, 7 Marzo 2023
Speech at the Smart Madinah Forum, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabi Domingo, 19 Febrero 2023
Speech at the Signing Ceremony for 13th Cycle of the Dubai International Awards for Best Practices Jueves, 16 Febrero 2023
The head of UN-Habitat talks about our common urban future in Davos Lunes, 16 Enero 2023
Closing Speech at the Second Session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat Miércoles, 23 Noviembre 2022
Statement by the Chair of the ad hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters Lunes, 21 Noviembre 2022

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