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Kenya elected Vice-Chair of the UN-Habitat Executive Board
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

Scroll of Honour - Spanish الأربعاء, 8 يوليو 2020
Scroll of Honour Award - Russian الجمعة, 3 يوليو 2020
Reimagining Public Safety in the face of historical inequalities and emerging crisis in Cities - FRENCH الخميس, 2 يوليو 2020
Reimagining Public Safety in the face of historical inequalities and emerging crisis in Cities - SPANISH الخميس, 2 يوليو 2020
Reimagining Public Safety in the face of historical inequalities and emerging crisis in Cities الخميس, 2 يوليو 2020
UN-Habitat calls for nominations for the UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Awards to be presented on World Habitat Day الخميس, 2 يوليو 2020
Sweden and UN-Habitat sign a USD 20 million agreement to promote sustainable urbanization الأربعاء, 1 يوليو 2020
Press Release on Democracy in the aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic webinar by UCLG, UN-Habitat and Metropolis (Spanish) الخميس, 25 يونيو 2020

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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