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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

World Cities Report Press Release_French Monday, 2 November 2020
Final World Cities Report Press Release_Arabic Monday, 2 November 2020
Cities will be critical for the global COVID-19 recovery and building back better according to UN-Habitat flagship report - Russian Friday, 30 October 2020
Global observance of World Cities Day 2020 on 31 October being hosted by Kenya Thursday, 22 October 2020
Official signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding between UN-Habitat and the African Renaissance and Diaspora Network Tuesday, 20 October 2020
UN-Habitat and Indonesia Host the First Ever Virtual World Habitat Day 2020 from Surabaya Saturday, 3 October 2020
UN-Habitat and Indonesia Host the First Ever Virtual World Habitat Day 2020 from Surabaya Saturday, 3 October 2020
40 Days Safer Cities Challenge Saturday, 19 September 2020

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Closing Speech at the Second Session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Statement by the Chair of the ad hoc working group on programmatic, budgetary and administrative matters Monday, 21 November 2022
Statement by the Chair of the ad hoc working group on stakeholder engagement policy Monday, 21 November 2022
Statement by Honourable Zacharia Mwangi Njeru, Cabinet Secretary for The Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development Monday, 21 November 2022
Statement by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat Monday, 21 November 2022
Statement by the UNON Director General Monday, 21 November 2022
Speech at the Ministerial Roundtable at COP27 in Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt Thursday, 17 November 2022
Head of UN-Habitat calls for greater local participation to achieve the SDGs Monday, 31 October 2022

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