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Urban Thinkers Campus – Transforming cities to be inclusive, equitable, and just through a paradigm shift towards gender equality
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Press Releases

Press releases

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
UN-Habitat and Think City sign MOU aimed at bettering cities in Malaysia and across the globe вторник, 8 мая 2018
In Iraq, years of violence and conflict leave 4 million children in need вторник, 13 февраля 2018
Ministerial meeting for Arab States to be held in Morocco среда, 13 декабря 2017
Regional Partners Forum gathers 80 representatives from 20 countries to drive implementation of New Urban Agenda and SDGs in Asia Pacific среда, 29 ноября 2017

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Beyond the Immediate Response to the Outbreak Building the Community, Wednesday 25 March 2020 среда, 25 марта 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of the Official Closing, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) Thursday 13th February 2020, Abu, Dhabi четверг, 13 февраля 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of Dialogue 2 – Implementing the New Urban Agenda to drive Sustainable Change, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) понедельник, 10 февраля 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of the Launch of the Launch Flagship Programme on “SDG Cities”, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) понедельник, 10 февраля 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of the Launch of the Flagship Programme on “People-focused smart cities”, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) понедельник, 10 февраля 2020
Speech by the Executive Director, UN-Habitat, on the occasion of the Official Opening, Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) Sunday 9th February 2020, Abu Dhabi воскресенье, 9 февраля 2020
Remarks by Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-Habitat during the Kenya National Urban Forum in Kisumu, Monday 27 January 2020 понедельник, 27 января 2020
Remarks by Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-Habitat during Photography Exhibition “Kenya through the diplomat’s lens” in UNON, Nairobi, Thursday, 16 January 2020 четверг, 16 января 2020

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