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Press Releases

Press releases

Turkey’s First Lady honoured as a Champion of UN-Habitat’s Waste Wise Cities programme الأربعاء, 2 يونيو 2021
Celebrating UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration-World Environment Day 2021 World Environment Day 2021 الجمعة, 28 مايو 2021
Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities الجمعة, 14 مايو 2021
Japanese - Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities الاثنين, 17 مايو 2021
Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities الجمعة, 14 مايو 2021
Nominations for the 2021 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Awards now open الأربعاء, 28 أبريل 2021
Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future Press release - Spanish الثلاثاء, 30 مارس 2021
Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future Press release - French الاثنين, 29 مارس 2021

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Opening speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum الاثنين, 27 يونيو 2022
Speech of UN-Habitat Executive Director Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif at Stockholm+50: Leadership dialogue series الخميس, 2 يونيو 2022
Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at opening the 9th Africities Summit on the rile of intermediary cities of Africa in the implementation of the Agenda 2030 of the United Nations and the African Union Agenda 2063 الثلاثاء, 17 مايو 2022
Statement by Mr Walter Cotte on behalf of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies الاثنين, 9 مايو 2022
Statement of Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in New York on 28 April 2022 الجمعة, 29 أبريل 2022
Message from the UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif Serbia National Urban Forum 11 April 2022 الاثنين, 11 أبريل 2022
Pre-meeting on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda الثلاثاء, 29 مارس 2022
Message from UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif Convention on the Status of Women (CSW66) Side Event 15 March 2022 الثلاثاء, 15 مارس 2022

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