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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
| Speech at the closing ceremony of the World Habitat Day 2022 in Balikesir, Republic of Türkiye | Thursday, 6 October 2022 |
| Speech at the High-level opening ceremony of the World Habitat Day 2022 in Balikesir, Republic of Türkiye | Tuesday, 4 October 2022 |
| Speech at the press conference in Istanbul, Republic of Türkiye, ahead of World Habitat Day 2022 | Friday, 30 September 2022 |
| Speech at the opening ceremony of the 13th Asia-Pacific Cities Summit | Wednesday, 27 July 2022 |
| Speech at the Commemorative symposium on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific | Tuesday, 26 July 2022 |
| Katowice Declared Actions | Friday, 1 July 2022 |
| Closing speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum | Friday, 1 July 2022 |
| Opening speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum | Monday, 27 June 2022 |
