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Uruguay offers a cooperative answer to the global housing shortage
Elaine Reyes speaks with UN-Habitat Executive Director Anacláudia Rossbach about the progress and challenges shaping sustainable cities
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Nearly 6 million Afghans have returned since late 2023, UN-Habitat says
Japan and UN-Habitat sign project to support urban reconstruction in Homs
Why the SDGs cannot be achieved without solving the housing crisis
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Press Releases

Press releases

Scroll of Honour - Spanish Miércoles, 8 Julio 2020
Scroll of Honour Award - Russian Viernes, 3 Julio 2020
Reimagining Public Safety in the face of historical inequalities and emerging crisis in Cities - FRENCH Jueves, 2 Julio 2020
Reimagining Public Safety in the face of historical inequalities and emerging crisis in Cities - SPANISH Jueves, 2 Julio 2020
Reimagining Public Safety in the face of historical inequalities and emerging crisis in Cities Jueves, 2 Julio 2020
UN-Habitat calls for nominations for the UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Awards to be presented on World Habitat Day Jueves, 2 Julio 2020
Sweden and UN-Habitat sign a USD 20 million agreement to promote sustainable urbanization Miércoles, 1 Julio 2020
Press Release on Democracy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic webinar by UCLG, UN-Habitat and Metropolis (Spanish) Jueves, 25 Junio 2020

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

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
Acceptance speech by the UN-Habitat Executive Director upon appointment as a fellow of the Royal Town Planners’ Institute Lunes, 15 Enero 2024
Outcome statement on urbanization and climate change from the COP28 Local Climate Action Summit and Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change Miércoles, 6 Diciembre 2023
Opening speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the 2023 third session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat Miércoles, 29 Noviembre 2023

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