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Press Releases

Press releases

Media advisory: World Cities Day 2025 global celebrations in Bogotá Mercredi, 22 octobre 2025
World Habitat Day 2025: Urban crisis response Lundi, 6 octobre 2025
UN-Habitat announces 2025 Scroll of Honour Award winners Mardi, 30 septembre 2025
UNGA80: Member States launch call to action to prioritize adequate housing Vendredi, 26 septembre 2025
Registration opens for the UN’s largest urban conference – WUF13 in Baku Mercredi, 24 septembre 2025
UN-Habitat and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia partner for recovery in Syria and Sudan Dimanche, 21 septembre 2025
UN-Habitat calls for urgent action on textile waste as cities join World Cleanup Day 2025 Vendredi, 19 septembre 2025
UN-Habitat inaugurates its Canada office in Montreal to support adequate, climate-smart housing solutions Jeudi, 18 septembre 2025

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Opening statement of the Acting Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 Lundi, 6 mai 2024
Statement of the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Nairobi at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 Lundi, 6 mai 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 Lundi, 6 mai 2024
Statement by UN-Habitat on the Nairobi floods on 26 April 2024 Vendredi, 26 avril 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe in Gaza Jeudi, 22 février 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: We cannot abandon the people of Gaza Mercredi, 31 janvier 2024
Valedictory talk by the UN-Habitat Executive Director at the Bartlett School of Planning Mardi, 16 janvier 2024
Acceptance speech by the UN-Habitat Executive Director upon appointment as a fellow of the Royal Town Planners’ Institute Lundi, 15 janvier 2024

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