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The world’s premier meeting on the future of cities ends with stirring call to action	Friday, 14 February 2020
The world’s premier meeting on the future of cities ends with stirring call to action	Friday, 14 February 2020
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

Speech at the Commemorative symposium on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific	Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Katowice Declared Actions	Friday, 1 July 2022
Closing speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum	Friday, 1 July 2022
Opening speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum	Monday, 27 June 2022
Speech of UN-Habitat Executive Director Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif at Stockholm+50: Leadership dialogue series	Thursday, 2 June 2022
Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at opening the 9th Africities Summit on the rile of intermediary cities of Africa in the implementation of the Agenda 2030 of the United Nations and the African Union Agenda 2063	Tuesday, 17 May 2022
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

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