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Press Releases

Press releases

C40 and UN-Habitat launch the Urban Planning Accelerator for Climate Responsive Cities 火曜日, 4 11月 2025
World Cities Day 2025 urges to put people first in smart urbanization 金曜日, 31 10月 2025
UN-Habitat launches USD 9.9 million climate resilience project in Yemen 水曜日, 29 10月 2025
Media advisory: World Cities Day 2025 global celebrations in Bogotá 水曜日, 22 10月 2025
World Habitat Day 2025: Urban crisis response 月曜日, 6 10月 2025
UN-Habitat announces 2025 Scroll of Honour Award winners 火曜日, 30 9月 2025
UNGA80: Member States launch call to action to prioritize adequate housing 金曜日, 26 9月 2025
Registration opens for the UN’s largest urban conference – WUF13 in Baku 水曜日, 24 9月 2025

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif On the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations 火曜日, 22 9月 2020
Closing remarks by the Executive Director during the resumed session of the Executive Board held on 29 July, 2020 水曜日, 29 7月 2020
Launch of UN Secretary-General Policy Brief on COVID-19 in an Urban World. Monday, 27 July 2020 月曜日, 27 7月 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020 Bolstering local action to control the pandemic and accelerate the implementation, Thursday 9 July 2020 木曜日, 9 7月 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020 Special Event Official Launch of the SDG6 Global Acceleration Framework, Thursday 9 July 2020 木曜日, 9 7月 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020 UN-Habitat and WHO Urban Form and COVID-19: Thinking Through Issues of Density, Overcrowding, Public Space, and Health Thursday, 9 July 2020 木曜日, 9 7月 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020: UCLG and UN-Habitat Voluntary Local Review Series Launch Wednesday, 08 July 2020 水曜日, 8 7月 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020: Voluntary National Review Lab: Multi-level governance and subnational reporting on Voluntary National Reviews and Voluntary Local Reviews. Wednesday, 8 July 2020 水曜日, 8 7月 2020

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