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Press Releases

Press releases

New Council on Urban Initiatives puts cities at the crossroads of addressing urgent grand challenges through innovation суббота, 6 ноября 2021
SG message - World Cities Days (31 October 2021) суббота, 30 октября 2021
SG message - World Cities Days (31 October 2021) суббота, 30 октября 2021
SG message - World Cities Days (31 October 2021) суббота, 30 октября 2021
SG message - World Cities Days (31 October 2021) суббота, 30 октября 2021
SG message - World Cities Days (31 October 2021) суббота, 30 октября 2021
SG message - World Cities Days (31 October 2021) суббота, 30 октября 2021
UN-Habitat and Expo 2020 Dubai to highlight climate resilient cities at World Cities Day пятница, 29 октября 2021

Statements and speeches

Statements and speeches

Statement of the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Nairobi at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 понедельник, 6 мая 2024
Statement of the Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development of Kenya at the first session of the Executive Board for 2024 понедельник, 6 мая 2024
Statement by UN-Habitat on the Nairobi floods on 26 April 2024 пятница, 26 апреля 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe in Gaza четверг, 22 февраля 2024
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: We cannot abandon the people of Gaza среда, 31 января 2024
Valedictory talk by the UN-Habitat Executive Director at the Bartlett School of Planning вторник, 16 января 2024
Acceptance speech by the UN-Habitat Executive Director upon appointment as a fellow of the Royal Town Planners’ Institute понедельник, 15 января 2024
Outcome statement on urbanization and climate change from the COP28 Local Climate Action Summit and Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change среда, 6 декабря 2023

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