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Press Releases

Press releases

Media advisory: World Cities Day 2025 global celebrations in Bogotá среда, 22 октября 2025
World Habitat Day 2025: Urban crisis response понедельник, 6 октября 2025
UN-Habitat announces 2025 Scroll of Honour Award winners вторник, 30 сентября 2025
UNGA80: Member States launch call to action to prioritize adequate housing пятница, 26 сентября 2025
Registration opens for the UN’s largest urban conference – WUF13 in Baku среда, 24 сентября 2025
UN-Habitat and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia partner for recovery in Syria and Sudan воскресенье, 21 сентября 2025
UN-Habitat calls for urgent action on textile waste as cities join World Cleanup Day 2025 пятница, 19 сентября 2025
UN-Habitat inaugurates its Canada office in Montreal to support adequate, climate-smart housing solutions четверг, 18 сентября 2025

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Statement of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, HLPF Plenary session on SDG11 четверг, 13 июля 2023
Communication from the Permanent Mission of the Russian federation to Nairobi dated June 2023 четверг, 6 июля 2023
Communication from the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Kenya for the period of 9 June 2023 to 28 June 2023 вторник, 4 июля 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat speech at the World Refugee Day celebrations at Kakuma-Kalobeyei in Kenya понедельник, 19 июня 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat speech at the Kenya Urban Forum “Strategic Pathways to Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanization in Kenya” среда, 14 июня 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat speech at the closing of the second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly среда, 14 июня 2023
Communication from the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Kenya for the period of 22 May 2023 to 6 June 2023 четверг, 8 июня 2023
Statement from the Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed to the second United Nations Habitat Assembly четверг, 8 июня 2023

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