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UN-Habitat in the News
UN-Habitat in the News
Press Releases
Press releases
| First UN-Habitat Assembly opens in Nairobi and elects President, 27 May 2019 | Wednesday, 29 May 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 | Monday, 11 March 2019 |
| UN-Habitat Continues Rehabilitation of Severely Damaged Houses in West Mosul Under Its Community-Based Urban Recovery Programme | Friday, 21 December 2018 |
| Launch of a land readjustment project aiming at stopping informal expansion in urban extension areas. | Friday, 21 December 2018 |
| UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message | Tuesday, 30 October 2018 |
| UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message | Tuesday, 30 October 2018 |
| Liverpool Hosts Key International Forum on Protecting Urban Residents from Disasters for 2018 World Cities Day | Thursday, 25 October 2018 |
| Press Release: Abu Dhabi Signs Agreement with UN-Habitat to Host 10th World Urban Forum in 2020 | Wednesday, 17 October 2018 |
Statements and speeches
Statements and speeches
| Ministerial Session Brussels IV Conference for Syria and the Region Tuesday, 30 June 2020 | Tuesday, 30 June 2020 |
| Foundations and Philanthropy Briefing, Tuesday 30 June 2020 | Tuesday, 30 June 2020 |
| Opening Remarks by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, 29 June 2020 | Monday, 29 June 2020 |
| Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Safer Cities, Thursday, 25 June | Thursday, 25 June 2020 |
| High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen, 2 June 2020 | Tuesday, 2 June 2020 |
| UCLG Executive Bureau Opening Speech, 29 May 2020 | Friday, 29 May 2020 |
| Ministerial Dialogue with Local and Regional Governments: Strengthening Coordination to Implement the Paris Agreement, 28 May 2020 | Thursday, 28 May 2020 |
| Global Network on Safer Cities Consultative Meeting: 'Strengthening the Safer Cities Strategy while responding to COVID-19' Speech, 27 May 2020 | Wednesday, 27 May 2020 |
