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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

Cultural mobilization in the COVID-19 pandemic Viernes, 24 Abril 2020
Cultural mobilization in the COVID-19 pandemic Viernes, 24 Abril 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release Jueves, 23 Abril 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release Jueves, 23 Abril 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release Jueves, 23 Abril 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release Jueves, 23 Abril 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release Jueves, 23 Abril 2020
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign Press Release Jueves, 23 Abril 2020

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Closing remarks by Anacláudia Rossbach, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-Habitat, at the twelfth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12) Domingo, 10 Noviembre 2024
UN-Habitat Executive Director Opening Speech WUF12 Martes, 5 Noviembre 2024
UN-Habitat Egypt President Speech WUF12 Martes, 5 Noviembre 2024
Statement by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment Jueves, 8 Agosto 2024
UN-Habitat's statement at the Preparatory Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development Martes, 23 Julio 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on famine in Sudan Jueves, 30 Mayo 2024
Opening statement of the Acting Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 Lunes, 6 Mayo 2024
Statement of the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Nairobi at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 Lunes, 6 Mayo 2024

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