UN-Habitat in the News

Interview with UN-Habitat’s Raf Tuts on resilience building on Devex
This Norwegian start-up wants to build houses out of 100% recycled plastic
20 Minutes on UN-Habitat and Norwegian start up making plastic houses (French)
Archdaily reports on UN-Habitat's Model Street Initiative in Nairobi
Coronavirus leads to improvement of inter-governmental relationships
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Press Releases

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UN-Habitat, OICT and LTO Network release first open-source urban land registry solution for the Government of Afghanistan Wednesday, 2 December 2020
UN-Habitat urges governments to Partner and Pledge for Sustainable Urbanization Monday, 30 November 2020
World Cities Report Press Release - Arabic Monday, 9 November 2020
World Cities Report Press Release - Russian Monday, 9 November 2020
World Cities Report Press Release - French Monday, 9 November 2020
World Cities Report Press Release - English Monday, 9 November 2020

Statements and speeches

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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
UN-Habitat Executive Director, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day 2020 31 October 2020 Saturday, 31 October 2020
UN-Habitat Executive Director, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day 2020 Launch of the World Cities Report 2020, 31 October 2020 Saturday, 31 October 2020
UN-Habitat Executive Director, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day, New York Local Innovations, SDGs and COVID-19, 30 October 2020 Friday, 30 October 2020
UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif Global Observance of World Habitat Day speech Monday 5 October 2020 Monday, 5 October 2020

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Good Morning Kenya PT 1 - The View Point ft Maimunah Mohd Sharif - Excecutive Director UN Habitat

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