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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

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

Executive Director of UN-Habitat speech at the high-level event on women sharping cities and communities Tuesday, 6 June 2023
UN-Habitat Assembly video message - Secretary General Monday, 5 June 2023
Introductory Statement of the Executive Director at the Ceremonial Opening of the Second United Nations Habitat Assembly Monday, 5 June 2023
UN-Habitat Assembly video message - President of General Assembly Monday, 5 June 2023
Opening remarks at the stakeholder dialogue toward the second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly Monday, 22 May 2023
Communication from the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Kenya for the period of 24 March 2023 to 1 May 2023 Thursday, 4 May 2023
Communication from the Permanent Mission of the Russian federation to Nairobi dated April 2023 Friday, 14 April 2023
Speech at the high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on zero waste Friday, 31 March 2023

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