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Cities Hold the Key to a Sustainable Future. Keep Their Role Central at COP29
Time to strengthen solutions to the growing urban challenges
Naomi Hoogervorst on Democratization of Design: "Equal Cities Need Equal Voices"
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

Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director´s message on World Habitat Day Vendredi, 28 septembre 2018
Cities are engines for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Vendredi, 20 juillet 2018
Department of Transport of New York City and UN-Habitat Join Transportation Alternatives’ “Bike Train” over the Williamsburg Bridge Jeudi, 19 juillet 2018
UN Environment, Yale University demonstrate how to make modern living sustainable with new eco-housing module Lundi, 9 juillet 2018
Liverpool to host global observance of 2018 World Cities Day Lundi, 25 juin 2018
Foreign investment could help lift millions of Africans out of poverty Jeudi, 21 juin 2018
UN-Habitat and Think City sign MOU aimed at bettering cities in Malaysia and across the globe Mardi, 8 mai 2018
In Iraq, years of violence and conflict leave 4 million children in need Mardi, 13 février 2018

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message Mardi, 30 octobre 2018
UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message Mardi, 30 octobre 2018
UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message Mardi, 30 octobre 2018
UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message Mardi, 30 octobre 2018
Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director´s message on World Habitat Day Vendredi, 28 septembre 2018
Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director´s message on World Habitat Day Vendredi, 28 septembre 2018
Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director´s message on World Habitat Day Vendredi, 28 septembre 2018
Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director´s message on World Habitat Day Vendredi, 28 septembre 2018

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