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Press Releases

Press releases

Scroll of Honour Award - Russian Friday, 3 July 2020
Reimagining Public Safety in the face of historical inequalities and emerging crisis in Cities - FRENCH Thursday, 2 July 2020
Reimagining Public Safety in the face of historical inequalities and emerging crisis in Cities - SPANISH Thursday, 2 July 2020
Reimagining Public Safety in the face of historical inequalities and emerging crisis in Cities Thursday, 2 July 2020
UN-Habitat calls for nominations for the UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Awards to be presented on World Habitat Day Thursday, 2 July 2020
Sweden and UN-Habitat sign a USD 20 million agreement to promote sustainable urbanization Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Press Release on Democracy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic webinar by UCLG, UN-Habitat and Metropolis (Spanish) Thursday, 25 June 2020
Press Release on Democracy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic webinar by UCLG, UN-Habitat and Metropolis (French) Thursday, 25 June 2020

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Local Government Associations, Thursday 9 April 2020 Thursday, 9 April 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Mobility (2nd Thematic Session), Wednesday 8 April 2020 Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Housing and COVID-19, Wednesday 1 April 2020 Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Beyond the Immediate Response to the Outbreak Building the Community, Wednesday 25 March 2020 Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of the Official Closing, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) Thursday 13th February 2020, Abu, Dhabi Thursday, 13 February 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of Dialogue 2 – Implementing the New Urban Agenda to drive Sustainable Change, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) Monday, 10 February 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of the Launch of the Launch Flagship Programme on “SDG Cities”, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) Monday, 10 February 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of the Launch of the Flagship Programme on “People-focused smart cities”, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) Monday, 10 February 2020

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