Kakuma, Kenya 22 June 2016-- UN-Habitat is making good progress with the activities for “Supporting Planning for Integrated Refugee and Host Communities”.

Nairobi, 21 June 2016—Is the rapid urbanisation currently being witnessed a good or bad thing for Africa? This was the topic of an international exchange recently held in Nairobi between UN-Habitat experts and two leading researchers from the Korea Institute of International Economic Policy (KIIEP).

Tam Ky City, Vietnam 20 June 2016-- The Korea – Vietnam Community Art Exchange Project was launched last week at a colourful ceremony attended by artists, local leaders, representatives from sponsors as well as locals.

New York, 15 June 2016--The Urban Law Center at Fordham University and UN-Habitat co-hosted an Urban Law Day event at the United Nations in New York, addressing the often overlooked role and importance of legal frameworks to advance sustainable urbanism. The session was moderated by Ms. Nisha Mistry, Director of the Fordham Urban Law Center.

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Maputo 13 April 2016—UN-Habitat Deputy Executive Director, Dr. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, recently visited Mozambique to further strengthen the relations between agency and the Government plus key partners such as the European Union, the World Bank and sister United Nations agencies that are Delivering as One.

Nairobi 13 April 2016--The English version of the International Guidelines on Urban Territorial Planning (IG-UTP) has been downloaded over 100,000 times from the UN-Habitat website, making these Guidelines the most popular publications ever  in less than a year of the date of publication.

Figure 1: Top ten downloaded publications from UN Habitat website

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