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Press Releases

Press releases

Youth 2030: UN-Habitat commits to work with youth to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. понедельник, 8 октября 2018
Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director´s message on World Habitat Day пятница, 28 сентября 2018
Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director´s message on World Habitat Day пятница, 28 сентября 2018
Cities are engines for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals пятница, 20 июля 2018
Department of Transport of New York City and UN-Habitat Join Transportation Alternatives’ “Bike Train” over the Williamsburg Bridge четверг, 19 июля 2018
UN Environment, Yale University demonstrate how to make modern living sustainable with new eco-housing module понедельник, 9 июля 2018
Liverpool to host global observance of 2018 World Cities Day понедельник, 25 июня 2018
Foreign investment could help lift millions of Africans out of poverty четверг, 21 июня 2018

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on famine in Sudan четверг, 30 мая 2024
Opening statement of the Acting Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 понедельник, 6 мая 2024
Statement of the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Nairobi at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 понедельник, 6 мая 2024
Statement of the Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development of Kenya at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 понедельник, 6 мая 2024
Statement by UN-Habitat on the Nairobi floods on 26 April 2024 пятница, 26 апреля 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe in Gaza четверг, 22 февраля 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: We cannot abandon the people of Gaza среда, 31 января 2024
Valedictory talk by the UN-Habitat Executive Director at the Bartlett School of Planning вторник, 16 января 2024

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