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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

Leveraging migrants’ contribution to the emergency and protecting the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 crisis #BeyondTheOutbreak Lundi, 20 avril 2020
Digital Technologies and the COVID-19 Pandemic #BeyondTheOutbreak Vendredi, 17 avril 2020
Digital Technologies and the COVID-19 Pandemic #BeyondTheOutbreak Vendredi, 17 avril 2020
Mobility, a cornerstone of public services in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic Jeudi, 9 avril 2020
Mobility, a cornerstone of public services in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic Jeudi, 9 avril 2020
Mobility, a cornerstone of public services in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic Jeudi, 9 avril 2020
Local Government Associations: multiplying and upscaling of measures #BeyondTheOutbreak Jeudi, 9 avril 2020
Ensuring everyone can #StayAtHome through the provision of public services - SPANISH Jeudi, 2 avril 2020

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Opening speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the 2023 third session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat Mercredi, 29 novembre 2023
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Jeudi, 16 novembre 2023
Statement by the UN-Habitat Executive Director on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory Vendredi, 10 novembre 2023
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory Mardi, 7 novembre 2023
Statement by the UN-Habitat Executive Director on the situation in Gaza Jeudi, 2 novembre 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat briefing to Member States on the Implementation of the Second Session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly Mercredi, 6 septembre 2023
Statement of Poland on behalf of the Group of Friends of UN-Habitat at HLPF on SDG11 in New York Jeudi, 13 juillet 2023
Statement of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, HLPF Plenary session on SDG11 Jeudi, 13 juillet 2023

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