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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

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
Japan contributes USD 5.5 million for upgrading informal settlements in Syria Mardi, 12 août 2025

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Statement of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, HLPF Plenary session on SDG11 Jeudi, 13 juillet 2023
Communication from the Permanent Mission of the Russian federation to Nairobi dated June 2023 Jeudi, 6 juillet 2023
Communication from the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Kenya for the period of 9 June 2023 to 28 June 2023 Mardi, 4 juillet 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat speech at the World Refugee Day celebrations at Kakuma-Kalobeyei in Kenya Lundi, 19 juin 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat speech at the Kenya Urban Forum “Strategic Pathways to Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanization in Kenya” Mercredi, 14 juin 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat speech at the closing of the second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly Mercredi, 14 juin 2023
Communication from the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Kenya for the period of 22 May 2023 to 6 June 2023 Jeudi, 8 juin 2023
Statement from the Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed to the second United Nations Habitat Assembly Jeudi, 8 juin 2023

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