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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

United Nations program: Montréal to host UN-Habitat project office Mardi, 13 décembre 2022
Many cities lack plans to guide digitalization Lundi, 14 novembre 2022
World Cities Day 2022 celebrated in Shanghai, China Lundi, 31 octobre 2022
World Habitat Day 2022 in Balikesir, Türkiye Mardi, 4 octobre 2022
African delegates chart the way forward in creating clean cities Mardi, 2 août 2022
The Declared Actions of the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF11) Vendredi, 1 juillet 2022
联合国人居署发布《2022年世界城市报告》 Mercredi, 29 juin 2022
برنامج الأمم المتحدة للمستوطنات البشرية يطلق تقرير مدن العالم 20 Mercredi, 29 juin 2022

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Culture and the COVID-19 Pandemic, Wednesday 22 April 2020 Mercredi, 22 avril 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Leveraging migrants’ contribution to the emergency and protecting the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 crisis, Thursday 16 April 2020 Jeudi, 16 avril 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Digital Technologies and the COVID-19 Pandemic, Wednesday 15 April 2020 Mercredi, 15 avril 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Local Government Associations, Thursday 9 April 2020 Jeudi, 9 avril 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Mobility (2nd Thematic Session), Wednesday 8 April 2020 Mercredi, 8 avril 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Housing and COVID-19, Wednesday 1 April 2020 Mercredi, 1 avril 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Beyond the Immediate Response to the Outbreak Building the Community, Wednesday 25 March 2020 Mercredi, 25 mars 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of the Official Closing, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) Thursday 13th February 2020, Abu, Dhabi Jeudi, 13 février 2020

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