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UN-Habitat and partners call for more robust action to end homelessness

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World Urban Forum in Katowice to focus on the future of cities and urban crisis response

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General Assembly, local government recommit to New Urban Agenda at high-level UN meeting

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Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Cuba

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Five regions and more than 120 cities in Spain implement the New Urban Agenda

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Media Reports on World Habitat Day 2021

12 October 2021

Urban missions are important components of climate change: Puri

7 October 2021

African Union Commission at the 2021 World Habitat Day Celebration

6 October 2021

Journée mondiale de l’habitat : la maison de demain plus qu’un toit

4 October 2021

Rethinking the cities of tomorrow for a more habitable world

4 October 2021

Le Cameroun célèbre la 35e édition de la journée internationale de l’habitat

Media Reports on World Cities Day 2021

4 October 2021

ICLEI’s Daring Cities Forum Set to Take On the Climate Emergency in Cities

UN-Habitat in the News

3 April 2022

Kenya elected Vice-Chair of the UN-Habitat Executive Board

8 March 2022

Urban Thinkers Campus – Transforming cities to be inclusive, equitable, and just through a paradigm shift towards gender equality

16 November 2021

COVID-19 and the empathy revolution by UN-Habitat’s Eduardo Moreno in El Pais

9 November 2021

Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram on City We Need Now launch on World Cities Day

1 November 2021

Dealing with new realities: Cities must adapt to climate change

Press Releases

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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
Celebrating UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration-World Environment Day 2021 World Environment Day 2021	Friday, 28 May 2021

Statements and speeches

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Message from the UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day 31 October 2021	Sunday, 31 October 2021
Message from the UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day 31 October 2021	Wednesday, 27 October 2021
UN-Habitat Executive Director’s Statement on the latest IPCC Report on Climate Change	Thursday, 12 August 2021
Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2021	Wednesday, 11 August 2021
EGM Towards a New Generation of Voluntary Local Reviews: Connecting VLRs and VNRs - Opening Remarks	Tuesday, 3 August 2021
UNEP Science Policy Business Forum	Tuesday, 3 August 2021

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Urban Impact – Issue 14, September 2021

Urban Impact, a quarterly newsletter published by UN-Habitat, includes an overview of UN-Habitat’s support to countries to achieve sustainable urbanization, the latest initiatives on climate action and innovative financing for cities along with opportunities for partners to advocate and share urban…

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Urban Impact – Issue 14, September 2021 + Download the response plan + View the COVID-19 Appeal + Join us

Urban Impact – Issue 13, July 2021

Urban Impact, a quarterly newsletter published by UN-Habitat, includes an overview of UN-Habitat’s support to countries to achieve sustainable urbanization, the latest initiatives on climate action, innovative financing for cities, and opportunities for partners to advocate and share urban best…

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Urban Impact – Issue 13, July 2021 + Download the response plan + View the COVID-19 Appeal + Join us

World Urban Forum 11 Newletter Vol. 2

The countdown to the opening of the eleventh World Urban Forum (WUF11), the premier global meeting on urban issues, has begun. WUF11 will open in the City of Katowice, Poland on 26 June 2022. The Forum will run to 30 June under the theme “Transforming Our Cities for a Better Urban Future.”

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World Urban Forum 11 Newletter Vol. 2 + Download the response plan + View the COVID-19 Appeal + Join us

Urban Impact: Climate action, urban monitoring and country activities

Issue 12 of Urban Impact, a quarterly newsletter published by UN-Habitat, includes the latest initiatives on climate action and opportunities for partners to access funding, support stakeholder engagement and host key advocacy events. It features new tools and publications, country programmes,…

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Urban Impact – Issue 11, October 2020

Urban Impact is a quarterly newsletter published by UN-Habitat highlighting the impact of initiatives being implemented by the Agency in partnership with governments, cities and communities around the world towards achievement of Sustainable Development Goals, with focus on GOAL 11 - the Urban Goal…

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