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Press Releases

Press releases

Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future Press release - English понедельник, 29 марта 2021
UN-Habitat and the Federal Republic of Germany establish a United Nations ‘Innovation Technology Accelerator for Cities’ (UNITAC Hamburg) at the HafenCity University in Hamburg четверг, 18 марта 2021
Launch of Her City – a digital platform to support girls’ participation in urban planning среда, 10 марта 2021
UN-Habitat re-establishes its country presence in Morocco signaling a strengthened partnership on sustainable urbanization вторник, 9 марта 2021
Groundbreaking Innovate4Cities Conference to explore climate crisis solutions четверг, 4 марта 2021
Voluntary Local Reviews are changing the way we think of SDG localization and the approach to the National Reviews вторник, 2 марта 2021
Keynote speakers announced for Rural Housing Summit понедельник, 15 февраля 2021
Friedrich-Ebert-Stifung Foundation (FES) to partner with UN-Habitat to advance SDG 11 in Africa понедельник, 1 февраля 2021

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Remarks by Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-Habitat during the Mayors Migration Council (MMC) High-level luncheon event in New York on Monday 15 July 2019 понедельник, 15 июля 2019
Opening remarks by Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-Habitat during the opening of executive course for city leaders at the New York university (NYU) Monday 15 July 2019 понедельник, 15 июля 2019
Opening remarks by Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-Habitat during the High Level Political Forum Side Event at the UN Secretariat, United Nations Headquarters, New York, Friday 12 July 2019 пятница, 12 июля 2019
Opening speech by Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-Habitat during the UN-Habitat and Moscow Urban Forum Executive Training in Zaryadye Park, Moscow, Friday, 5 July 2019 пятница, 5 июля 2019
Opening speech by Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, UN-Habitat Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, during the panel discussion: New Urban Agenda. What values do cities focus today? Moscow, Friday, 5 July 2019 пятница, 5 июля 2019
Opening speech by Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-Habitat, UN-Habitat and Moscow Urban Forum 2019: Quality of Life. Projects for a Better City, Thursday, 4 July 2019 четверг, 4 июля 2019
Executive Director's Statement during the Climate-Health Ministers Meeting: Preparatory Meeting for the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, Abu Dhabi, 1 July 2019 вторник, 2 июля 2019
Executive Director's Statement on World Refugee Day, 20 June 2019 понедельник, 24 июня 2019

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