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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

First UN-Habitat Assembly opens in Nairobi and elects President, 27 May 2019 Miércoles, 29 Mayo 2019
Statement of the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, on the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 302 Lunes, 11 Marzo 2019
UN-Habitat Continues Rehabilitation of Severely Damaged Houses in West Mosul Under Its Community-Based Urban Recovery Programme Viernes, 21 Diciembre 2018
Launch of a land readjustment project aiming at stopping informal expansion in urban extension areas. Viernes, 21 Diciembre 2018
UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message Martes, 30 Octubre 2018
UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message Martes, 30 Octubre 2018
Liverpool Hosts Key International Forum on Protecting Urban Residents from Disasters for 2018 World Cities Day Jueves, 25 Octubre 2018
Press Release: Abu Dhabi Signs Agreement with UN-Habitat to Host 10th World Urban Forum in 2020 Miércoles, 17 Octubre 2018

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Message from UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif during the 49th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council 28th Feb – 2nd Mar 2022. Miércoles, 2 Marzo 2022
Keynote Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at Jakarta Development Collaboration Network Jueves, 16 Diciembre 2021
Message from the UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day 31 October 2021 Miércoles, 27 Octubre 2021
Message from the UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif World Cities Day 31 October 2021 Miércoles, 27 Octubre 2021
Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive at the Commonwealth of Nations Event Miércoles, 27 Octubre 2021
Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at the Seventh Edition of European Investment Bank’s October Days for Sustainable Development Jueves, 21 Octubre 2021
Speech of the UN-Habitat Executive Director at the World Urban Campaign Annual Assembly Meeting Miércoles, 13 Octubre 2021
Speech of the UN-Executive Director at Innovative4Cities Conference: Cities, Climate Change Science and Innovation Lunes, 11 Octubre 2021

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