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UN-Habitat in the News

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Naomi Hoogervorst on Democratization of Design: "Equal Cities Need Equal Voices"
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
COVID-19 and the empathy revolution by UN-Habitat’s Eduardo Moreno in El Pais
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Press Releases

Press releases

Local authorities in Heet, Iraq celebrate the handover of UN-Habitat projects funded by the European Union and Alwaleed Philanthropies Jueves, 10 Junio 2021
Turkey’s First Lady honoured as a Champion of UN-Habitat’s Waste Wise Cities programme Miércoles, 2 Junio 2021
Celebrating UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration-World Environment Day 2021 World Environment Day 2021 Viernes, 28 Mayo 2021
Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities Viernes, 14 Mayo 2021
Japanese - Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities Lunes, 17 Mayo 2021
Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities Viernes, 14 Mayo 2021
Nominations for the 2021 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Awards now open Miércoles, 28 Abril 2021
Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future Press release - Spanish Martes, 30 Marzo 2021

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

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 Lunes, 6 Mayo 2024
Statement by UN-Habitat on the Nairobi floods on 26 April 2024 Viernes, 26 Abril 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe in Gaza Jueves, 22 Febrero 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: We cannot abandon the people of Gaza Miércoles, 31 Enero 2024
Valedictory talk by the UN-Habitat Executive Director at the Bartlett School of Planning Martes, 16 Enero 2024
Acceptance speech by the UN-Habitat Executive Director upon appointment as a fellow of the Royal Town Planners’ Institute Lunes, 15 Enero 2024
Outcome statement on urbanization and climate change from the COP28 Local Climate Action Summit and Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change Miércoles, 6 Diciembre 2023
Opening speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the 2023 third session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat Miércoles, 29 Noviembre 2023

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