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Statement by the United Nations Resident Coordinator for the United Arab Emirates, Dr. Dena Assaf on the Tenth World Urban Forum	Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Indonesian city of Surabaya to host the Global Observance of World Habitat Day 2020	Wednesday, 12 February 2020
HRH Princess Lamia Bint Majed Al Saud appointed as UN-Habitat Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Arab States	Sunday, 9 February 2020
UN-Habitat and the World Blind Union sign a milestone agreement to work together to make cities accessible for all	Tuesday, 4 February 2020
Global Observance of World Habitat Day to take place in Mexico City	Tuesday, 24 September 2019
Nairobi Communique – Outcome of the High-Level Session on Inno- vative Urban Mobility for Sustainable Cities in Africa at UN-Habitat Assembly, 30 May 2019	Friday, 14 June 2019
Call for Expressions of Interest to Host the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance Secretariat	Tuesday, 11 June 2019
UN-Habitat Assembly concludes with Ministerial Declaration on challenges and opportunities of urbanization.	Friday, 31 May 2019

Statement by Mr Walter Cotte on behalf of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies	Monday, 9 May 2022
Statement of Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in New York on 28 April 2022	Friday, 29 April 2022
Message from the UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif Serbia National Urban Forum 11 April 2022	Monday, 11 April 2022
Pre-meeting on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda	Tuesday, 29 March 2022
Message from UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif Convention on the Status of Women (CSW66) Side Event 15 March 2022	Tuesday, 15 March 2022
Message from UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif on the Opening Session Urban Thinkers Campus North American Women & SDGs 7 March 2022	Monday, 7 March 2022
Message from UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif during the 49th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council 28th Feb – 2nd Mar 2022.	Wednesday, 2 March 2022
Keynote Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at Jakarta Development Collaboration Network	Thursday, 16 December 2021

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