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Resident of Ward-K enjoying water supply and handwashing facilities that was donated by the UN Agencies at Ward K Tamale, Ghana 2021

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Recipient of a UN-Habitat project to supply clean water in northern Ghana lauds the benefits

Residents of an informal settlement in Tamale, northern Ghana, receive clean water through hand washing stations and water tanks as a result of a project led by UN-Habitat, delivered 27 July 2021, to increase their ability to fight Covid-19.

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Residents of an informal settlement in northern Ghana get aid to better fight Covid-19

UN-Habitat Acting Regional Representative for Africa, Oumar Sylla, and Dr. Ibrahima Kourouma, Minister of City and Territorial Planning during the signing of the MoU in Conakry

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UN-HABITAT to lend Guinea expertise on land ownership, integrated city planning

Pedestrian extensions were painted around the central square of San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico

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Mexican city puts “Placemaking” at the heart of post-pandemic recovery

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Ethiopia Sprints Towards Sustainable Mobility Solutions

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UN-Habitat in the News

UN-Habitat’s Chief of Urban Practices Branch discusses intermediary cities on OECD platform

8 July 2021

Joint opinion piece on youth by the President of the UN General Assembly and UN-Habitat Executive Director in Kenya’s The Star newspaper

1 July 2021

Opinion piece by the UN-Habitat Executive Director on the SDG Action platform on cities as vanguards for action

1 July 2021

El Pais article mentioning UN-Habitat Executive Director at the European Development Day

16 June 2021

Iraqi television coverage of UN-Habitat Executive Director’s visit

9 June 2021

Press Releases

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Note to Correspondents on the President of the UN General Assembly’s mission to Kenya	Monday, 28 June 2021
Arabic - UNDP press release on two reports released with UN-Habitat and IOM	Thursday, 10 June 2021
UNDP press release on two reports released with UN-Habitat and IOM	Thursday, 10 June 2021
Arabic - Local authorities in Heet, Iraq celebrate the handover of UN-Habitat projects funded by the European Union and Alwaleed Philanthropies	Thursday, 10 June 2021
Local authorities in Heet, Iraq celebrate the handover of UN-Habitat projects funded by the European Union and Alwaleed Philanthropies	Thursday, 10 June 2021
Turkey’s First Lady honoured as a Champion of UN-Habitat’s Waste Wise Cities programme	Wednesday, 2 June 2021

Statements and speeches

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Executive Director Speech 4 - Promoting Virtual Cities and Communities	Sunday, 9 May 2021
Executive Director Speech 3 - Racism in the Workplace	Sunday, 9 May 2021
Remarks by the Executive Director - Energy 21HLD	Sunday, 9 May 2021
Executive Director Lecture - Promoting Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanization	Sunday, 9 May 2021
Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif Partner and Pledge for Sustainable Urbanization	Friday, 4 December 2020
UN-Habitat Executive Director, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day Roundtable 1: Towards Africities Achieving The SDGs Through Resilient Intermediate Cities In Africa, 31 October 2020	Saturday, 31 October 2020

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