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UN-Habitat in the News

Time to strengthen solutions to the growing urban challenges
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

2020 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award Winners Announced Lunes, 14 Septiembre 2020
2020 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award Winners Announced Lunes, 14 Septiembre 2020
صندوق قطر للتنمية يدعم مشروع برنامج الأمم المتحدة للمستوطنات البشرية في اليمن لإدارة الحطام في حالات الطوارئ والتخلص من النفايات الخطرة Martes, 8 Septiembre 2020
Press Release 2020 Scroll of Honour awards 8 September 2020 Martes, 8 Septiembre 2020
Press Release 2020 Scroll of Honour awards 8 September 2020 Martes, 8 Septiembre 2020
UN-Habitat responds immediately to support families following explosions in Lebanon’s capital Miércoles, 12 Agosto 2020
Planet Smart City partners with UN-Habitat on slum upgrading initiatives in Kenya Jueves, 6 Agosto 2020
Statement from the UN-Habitat Executive Director on the Beirut Explosions Jueves, 6 Agosto 2020

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

SG_s_Foreword_Russian Martes, 3 Noviembre 2020
sg_s_foreword_french Martes, 3 Noviembre 2020
UN-Habitat Executive Director, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day Roundtable 1: Towards Africities Achieving The SDGs Through Resilient Intermediate Cities In Africa, 31 October 2020 Sábado, 31 Octubre 2020
UN-Habitat Executive Director, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day 2020 31 October 2020 Sábado, 31 Octubre 2020
UN-Habitat Executive Director, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day 2020 Launch of the World Cities Report 2020, 31 October 2020 Sábado, 31 Octubre 2020
Cities will be critical for the global COVID-19 recovery and building back better according to UN-Habitat flagship report - Spanish Viernes, 30 Octubre 2020
Cities will be critical for the global COVID-19 recovery and building back better according to UN-Habitat flagship report - English Viernes, 30 Octubre 2020
UN-Habitat Executive Director, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day, New York Local Innovations, SDGs and COVID-19, 30 October 2020 Viernes, 30 Octubre 2020

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