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Press Releases

Press releases

First UN-Habitat Assembly opens in Nairobi and elects President, 27 May 2019 среда, 29 мая 2019
Statement of the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, on the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 302 понедельник, 11 марта 2019
UN-Habitat Continues Rehabilitation of Severely Damaged Houses in West Mosul Under Its Community-Based Urban Recovery Programme пятница, 21 декабря 2018
Launch of a land readjustment project aiming at stopping informal expansion in urban extension areas. пятница, 21 декабря 2018
UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message вторник, 30 октября 2018
UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message вторник, 30 октября 2018
Liverpool Hosts Key International Forum on Protecting Urban Residents from Disasters for 2018 World Cities Day четверг, 25 октября 2018
Press Release: Abu Dhabi Signs Agreement with UN-Habitat to Host 10th World Urban Forum in 2020 среда, 17 октября 2018

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Outcome statement on urbanization and climate change from the COP28 Local Climate Action Summit and Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change среда, 6 декабря 2023
Opening speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the 2023 third session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat среда, 29 ноября 2023
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee четверг, 16 ноября 2023
Statement by the UN-Habitat Executive Director on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory пятница, 10 ноября 2023
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory вторник, 7 ноября 2023
Statement by the UN-Habitat Executive Director on the situation in Gaza четверг, 2 ноября 2023
Executive Director of UN-Habitat briefing to Member States on the Implementation of the Second Session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly среда, 6 сентября 2023
Statement of Poland on behalf of the Group of Friends of UN-Habitat at HLPF on SDG11 in New York четверг, 13 июля 2023

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