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UN-Habitat in the News
UN-Habitat in the News
Press Releases
Press releases
| Keynote speakers announced for Rural Housing Summit | Monday, 15 February 2021 |
| Friedrich-Ebert-Stifung Foundation (FES) to partner with UN-Habitat to advance SDG 11 in Africa | Monday, 1 February 2021 |
| First-of-A-Kind Comparative Review of Urban Observatories Launched | Wednesday, 27 January 2021 |
| Joint Statement on Accelerating Climate Adaptation in Cities | Tuesday, 26 January 2021 |
| Open call for proposals launched The EU-WOP Programme launches call for proposals for utility partnerships to advance progress on SDG 6 | Monday, 18 January 2021 |
| UN-Habitat to improve sanitation in informal settlements worldwide | Tuesday, 12 January 2021 |
| UN-Habitat launches online giving for emergency response to urban crises | Thursday, 10 December 2020 |
| UN-Habitat, OICT and LTO Network release first open-source urban land registry solution for the Government of Afghanistan | Wednesday, 2 December 2020 |
Statements and speeches
Statements and speeches
| Speech at the Ministerial Roundtable at COP27 in Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt | Thursday, 17 November 2022 |
| Head of UN-Habitat calls for greater local participation to achieve the SDGs | Monday, 31 October 2022 |
| Speech at the closing ceremony of the World Habitat Day 2022 in Balikesir, Republic of Türkiye | Thursday, 6 October 2022 |
| Speech at the High-level opening ceremony of the World Habitat Day 2022 in Balikesir, Republic of Türkiye | Tuesday, 4 October 2022 |
| Speech at the press conference in Istanbul, Republic of Türkiye, ahead of World Habitat Day 2022 | Friday, 30 September 2022 |
| Speech at the opening ceremony of the 13th Asia-Pacific Cities Summit | Wednesday, 27 July 2022 |
| Speech at the Commemorative symposium on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific | Tuesday, 26 July 2022 |
| Katowice Declared Actions | Friday, 1 July 2022 |
