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Press Releases

Press releases

UN-Habitat announces winners of the Katowice Energy Innovation Challenge الخميس, 2 يونيو 2022
General Assembly, local government recommit to New Urban Agenda at high-level UN meeting الجمعة, 29 أبريل 2022
Countries gather in Botswana to discuss their efforts to implement the SDGs الاثنين, 11 أبريل 2022
Four cities selected to pilot a digital rights governance framework الجمعة, 25 مارس 2022
City of New York Joins UN-Habitat to launch report on the voluntary local review (VLR) movement الخميس, 6 يناير 2022
The 2021 World Habitat Awards winners announced الاثنين, 20 ديسمبر 2021
Press Release: Equitable future cities hold answers to pollution, climate and nature breakdown الخميس, 18 نوفمبر 2021
Press Release: Busan, UN-Habitat and OCEANIX set to build the world’s first sustainable floating city prototype as sea levels rise الخميس, 18 نوفمبر 2021

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Statement of the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Nairobi at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 الاثنين, 6 مايو 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 الاثنين, 6 مايو 2024
Statement by UN-Habitat on the Nairobi floods on 26 April 2024 الجمعة, 26 أبريل 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe in Gaza الخميس, 22 فبراير 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: We cannot abandon the people of Gaza الأربعاء, 31 يناير 2024
Valedictory talk by the UN-Habitat Executive Director at the Bartlett School of Planning الثلاثاء, 16 يناير 2024
Acceptance speech by the UN-Habitat Executive Director upon appointment as a fellow of the Royal Town Planners’ Institute الاثنين, 15 يناير 2024
Outcome statement on urbanization and climate change from the COP28 Local Climate Action Summit and Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change الأربعاء, 6 ديسمبر 2023

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