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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
Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities	Friday, 14 May 2021
Japanese - Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities	Monday, 17 May 2021
Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities	Friday, 14 May 2021
Nominations for the 2021 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Awards now open	Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future Press release - Spanish	Tuesday, 30 March 2021

The Secretary-General Video Message on World Habitat Day 5 October 2020_Arabic	Friday, 2 October 2020
The Secretary-General Video Message on World Habitat Day 5 October 2020	Friday, 2 October 2020
Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif On the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations	Tuesday, 22 September 2020
Closing remarks by the Executive Director during the resumed session of the Executive Board held on 29 July, 2020	Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Launch of UN Secretary-General Policy Brief on COVID-19 in an Urban World. Monday, 27 July 2020	Monday, 27 July 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020 Bolstering local action to control the pandemic and accelerate the implementation, Thursday 9 July 2020	Thursday, 9 July 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020 Special Event Official Launch of the SDG6 Global Acceleration Framework, Thursday 9 July 2020	Thursday, 9 July 2020
High Level Political Forum 2020 UN-Habitat and WHO Urban Form and COVID-19: Thinking Through Issues of Density, Overcrowding, Public Space, and Health Thursday, 9 July 2020	Thursday, 9 July 2020

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