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Press Releases

Press releases

Ensuring everyone can #StayAtHome through the provision of public services - SPANISH Jueves, 2 Abril 2020
Ensuring everyone can #StayAtHome through the provision of public services - FRENCH Jueves, 2 Abril 2020
Ensuring everyone can #StayAtHome through the provision of public services Jueves, 2 Abril 2020
Press Release issued by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and UN-Habitat - Russian Martes, 31 Marzo 2020
Press Release issued by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and UN-Habitat - Chinese Lunes, 30 Marzo 2020
Press Release issued by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and UN-Habitat-Spanish Viernes, 27 Marzo 2020
Press Release issued by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and UN-Habitat-Arabic Viernes, 27 Marzo 2020
Press Release issued by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and UN-Habitat-French Viernes, 27 Marzo 2020

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on famine in Sudan Jueves, 30 Mayo 2024
Opening statement of the Acting Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 Lunes, 6 Mayo 2024
Statement of the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Nairobi at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 Lunes, 6 Mayo 2024
Statement of the Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development of Kenya at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 Lunes, 6 Mayo 2024
Statement by UN-Habitat on the Nairobi floods on 26 April 2024 Viernes, 26 Abril 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe in Gaza Jueves, 22 Febrero 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: We cannot abandon the people of Gaza Miércoles, 31 Enero 2024
Valedictory talk by the UN-Habitat Executive Director at the Bartlett School of Planning Martes, 16 Enero 2024

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