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Press Releases

Press releases

Cultural mobilization in the COVID-19 pandemic Vendredi, 24 avril 2020
Cultural mobilization in the COVID-19 pandemic Vendredi, 24 avril 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release Jeudi, 23 avril 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release Jeudi, 23 avril 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release Jeudi, 23 avril 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release Jeudi, 23 avril 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release Jeudi, 23 avril 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release Jeudi, 23 avril 2020

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Closing speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum Vendredi, 1 juillet 2022
Opening speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum Lundi, 27 juin 2022
Speech of UN-Habitat Executive Director Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif at Stockholm+50: Leadership dialogue series Jeudi, 2 juin 2022
Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at opening the 9th Africities Summit on the rile of intermediary cities of Africa in the implementation of the Agenda 2030 of the United Nations and the African Union Agenda 2063 Mardi, 17 mai 2022
Statement by Mr Walter Cotte on behalf of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Lundi, 9 mai 2022
Statement of Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in New York on 28 April 2022 Vendredi, 29 avril 2022
Message from the UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif Serbia National Urban Forum 11 April 2022 Lundi, 11 avril 2022
Pre-meeting on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda Mardi, 29 mars 2022

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