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Uruguay offers a cooperative answer to the global housing shortage
Elaine Reyes speaks with UN-Habitat Executive Director Anacláudia Rossbach about the progress and challenges shaping sustainable cities
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Japan and UN-Habitat sign project to support urban reconstruction in Homs
Why the SDGs cannot be achieved without solving the housing crisis
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Press Releases

Press releases

Cultural mobilization in the COVID-19 pandemic 金曜日, 24 4月 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release 木曜日, 23 4月 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release 木曜日, 23 4月 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release 木曜日, 23 4月 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release 木曜日, 23 4月 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release 木曜日, 23 4月 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release 木曜日, 23 4月 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release 木曜日, 23 4月 2020

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Closing Remarks by Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General, thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13), Closing Ceremony, 22 May 2026 金曜日, 22 5月 2026
Closing Remarks by Ms. Anaclaudia Rossbach, Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General, thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13), Closing Ceremony, 22 May 2026 金曜日, 22 5月 2026
Chair’s Summary of the Ministerial Meeting on the New Urban Agenda, thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) 金曜日, 22 5月 2026
PGA Remarks at the opening ceremony of the thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum 月曜日, 18 5月 2026
Opening remarks by the UN-Habitat Executive Director at the thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum 月曜日, 18 5月 2026
Secretary-General message to the thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum 月曜日, 18 5月 2026
UN-Habitat statement on the situation in Iran 月曜日, 13 4月 2026
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee 月曜日, 13 4月 2026

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