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UN-Habitat in the News

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Kenya elected Vice-Chair of the UN-Habitat Executive Board
Urban Thinkers Campus – Transforming cities to be inclusive, equitable, and just through a paradigm shift towards gender equality
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Press Releases

Press releases

Liverpool Hosts Key International Forum on Protecting Urban Residents from Disasters for 2018 World Cities Day Thursday, 25 October 2018
Press Release: Abu Dhabi Signs Agreement with UN-Habitat to Host 10th World Urban Forum in 2020 Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Youth 2030: UN-Habitat commits to work with youth to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Monday, 8 October 2018
Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director´s message on World Habitat Day Friday, 28 September 2018
Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director´s message on World Habitat Day Friday, 28 September 2018
Cities are engines for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Friday, 20 July 2018
Department of Transport of New York City and UN-Habitat Join Transportation Alternatives’ “Bike Train” over the Williamsburg Bridge Thursday, 19 July 2018
UN Environment, Yale University demonstrate how to make modern living sustainable with new eco-housing module Monday, 9 July 2018

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Culture and the COVID-19 Pandemic, Wednesday 22 April 2020 Wednesday, 22 April 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Leveraging migrants’ contribution to the emergency and protecting the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 crisis, Thursday 16 April 2020 Thursday, 16 April 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Digital Technologies and the COVID-19 Pandemic, Wednesday 15 April 2020 Wednesday, 15 April 2020
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

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