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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

United Nations program: Montréal to host UN-Habitat project office Mardi, 13 décembre 2022
Many cities lack plans to guide digitalization Lundi, 14 novembre 2022
World Cities Day 2022 celebrated in Shanghai, China Lundi, 31 octobre 2022
World Habitat Day 2022 in Balikesir, Türkiye Mardi, 4 octobre 2022
African delegates chart the way forward in creating clean cities Mardi, 2 août 2022
The Declared Actions of the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF11) Vendredi, 1 juillet 2022
联合国人居署发布《2022年世界城市报告》 Mercredi, 29 juin 2022
برنامج الأمم المتحدة للمستوطنات البشرية يطلق تقرير مدن العالم 20 Mercredi, 29 juin 2022

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) Dimanche, 10 novembre 2024
UN-Habitat Executive Director Opening Speech WUF12 Mardi, 5 novembre 2024
UN-Habitat Egypt President Speech WUF12 Mardi, 5 novembre 2024
Statement by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment Jeudi, 8 août 2024
UN-Habitat's statement at the Preparatory Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development Mardi, 23 juillet 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on famine in Sudan Jeudi, 30 mai 2024
Opening statement of the Acting Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 Lundi, 6 mai 2024
Statement of the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Nairobi at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 Lundi, 6 mai 2024

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