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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
| Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee | Thursday, 16 November 2023 |
| Statement by the UN-Habitat Executive Director on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory | Friday, 10 November 2023 |
| Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory | Tuesday, 7 November 2023 |
| Statement by the UN-Habitat Executive Director on the situation in Gaza | Thursday, 2 November 2023 |
| Executive Director of UN-Habitat briefing to Member States on the Implementation of the Second Session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly | Wednesday, 6 September 2023 |
| Statement of Poland on behalf of the Group of Friends of UN-Habitat at HLPF on SDG11 in New York | Thursday, 13 July 2023 |
| Statement of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, HLPF Plenary session on SDG11 | Thursday, 13 July 2023 |
| Communication from the Permanent Mission of the Russian federation to Nairobi dated June 2023 | Thursday, 6 July 2023 |
