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UN-HABITAT publications on university syllabus  
Nairobi, 22 Jun 11
The University of Missouri-St. Louis has placed four key UN-HABITAT publications on its syllabus.
Scroll Winner gets Housing and Urban Development South-South Transfer award  
Geneva, 25 Nov 10
Un Techo Para mi Pais (A roof for my country), a youth-led NGO and winner of the Scroll of Honour in 2009, won the Housing and Urban Development South-South Transfer award for mobilizing 250,000 young volunteers to build of more than 73,000 transitional housing for families in slums or affected by natural disasters, and for transferring its innovative approach to 19 countries across Latin America.
Winners of Dubai International Award for Best Practices announced  
Dubai, 5 Nov 10
An independent jury of international experts has announced the 12 winners of the 2010 Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment.
Pollution and unemployment top city residents’ concerns  
Nairobi,Kenya, 29 Sept 09
Unemployment, lack of affordable housing as well as road and traffic congestion are some of the key concerns for urban dwellers, a new online survey by UN-HABITAT has revealed.
Urban dwellers highlight pollution, transport and unemployment  
Nairobi, 29 Jun 09
Pollution, transport and unemployment top the list of key concerns which urban dwellers face daily in many countries, a new survey by UN-HABITAT has revealed.
Flagship report in Arabic launched  
Bahrain, 7 Jun 09
UN-HABITAT's flagship report, the State of the World’s Cities is now available in Arabic, thanks to funding and support provided by the Government of Bahrain.
Experts review State of Asian Cities Report  
Chiang Mai, 3 Jun 09
Experts from four major international agencies met in Thailand on June 1-3 to review progress in the preparation of the first State of Asian Cities Report.
Enormous support for books in slums  
Nairobi, 31 Mar 09
UN-HABITAT received many pledges from United Nations staff, organizations and Governing Council delegates to give books and audio visual material for communities in slums in response the agency’s Book into the future appeal.
Turning ideas into action – the 4th Web for Development Conference  
Nairobi, Kenya, 3 Dec 07
Delegates at the Fourth Web for Development conference in Nairobi last week agreed that access to the Internet had to be improved in the developing world.
Top speakers at Web4Dev  
Nairobi, 8 Nov 07
Kenya's premier television personality Ms. Julie Gichuru will lead the discussions at the Web for Development plenary. She is passionate about Web4Dev: "I see ICT changing the face of Africa as we know it. It will leapfrog Africa into the first world. It is already happening…the African renaissance is largely because of ICT."
UN-HABITAT established world’s most complete urban archive with Canadian university  
Vancouver, Canada, 5 Nov 07
UN-HABITAT and the University British Columbia have announced a partnership to create the UBC / UN-HABITAT Archives which will be the world's most complete online repository of information on building sustainable cities.
Professor John Friedmann wins first ‘UN-HABITAT Lecture’ award  
Nairobi, 15 May 06
Professor John Friedmann has won the first United Nations Human Settlements Lecture award. The recently launched UN-HABITAT Lecture series is organized through the Global Research Network on Human Settlements (HS-Net), an international board that advises UN-HABITAT on its Global Report on Human Settlements.
At UN Summit, States agree on actions to get information technology to poor  
Tunis, 18 Nov 05
In a new statement called the Tunis Commitment , governments said: “We reaffirm the commitments made in Geneva and build on them in Tunis by focusing on financial mechanisms for bridging the digital divide, on Internet governance and related issues, as well as on follow-up and implementation of the Geneva and Tunis decisions.”
New UN-HABITAT collaboration with Sweden  
Stockholm, 3 Nov 05
The Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, and the Managing Director of the Swedish Cooperative Centre (SCC) in Stockholm, Mr. Lennart Hjalmarson, have agreed to start a new collaboration aimed at helping developing countries promote security of tenure, better housing and service provision for poor people.
Iranian Delegation visits UN-HABITAT  
Nairobi, 10 Oct 05
A delegation from Iran consisting of government officials and representatives of the International Art and Architecture Research Association (IAARA) visited UN-HABITAT headquarters on Friday and met the Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka.
UN-Habitat releases major new report on urban financing  
London, 12 Sept 05
By the year 2030, an additional 3 billion people making up about 40 percent of the global population will need housing, according to UN-Habitat's latest flagship report released on Monday, Financing Urban Shelter: Global Report on Human Settlements 2005.
Running out of time - Addressing the slum challenges  
Nairobi, 17 Jun 05
As the United Nations launched the Status Report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) report, its specialized human settlements arm, UN-HABITAT said the increasing numbers of slum dwellers and lack of access to clean drinking water and sanitation continued to pose great challenges to development.
Dubai Awards for best practices in human settlements  
Dubai, 31 Jan 05
The 2004 Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment will be conferred on Monday to an international array of 10 winners from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Iran, Kenya, Palestine, Spain, Togo, and Uzbekistan.
Kenya among African and Arab Countries to Benefit from Urban Profile Studies  
Nairobi, 12 Jan 05
Some 20 African and Arab countries are set to benefit from a new series of urban sector profile studies initiated by UN-HABITAT with the aim of reducing urban poverty and improving governance and environmental management.
UN-HABITAT and ESRI provide two Kenyan cities software on Geographical Information Systems  
Nairobi, Kenya, 7 Oct 04
On World Habitat Day 2004, the Kenya municipalities of Nakuru and Naivasha received free Geographical Information System (GIS) software worth over US$15,000 under a joint grant programme from UN-HABITAT and the software producer, ESRI.
European Union and UN-HABITAT in New Joint Initiative  
Barcelona, 16 Sept 04
The European Union (EU) and UN-HABITAT this week launched a new joint initiative on making cities around the world more sustainable as part of a new stage of closer cooperation between the two organizations.
UN-HABITAT Report Celebrates Multicultural Cities  
Barcelona, 14 Sept 04
A UN-HABITAT report launched today lauds multiculturalism as an urban phenomenon that should be celebrated, not feared. The State of the World's Cities Report 2004/2005 maintains that multiculturalism enhances the fabric of societies and brings colour and vibrancy to every city it touches.
A major new report on the state of the world's cities  
London, 9 Sept 04
UN-HABITAT today announced the publication of its flagship report, The State of the World’s Cities 2004/2005 charting the progress and the challenges we face in this rapidly urbanising world.
2004 Best Practice award winners announced  
Dubai-UAE, 15 Jul 04
An independent jury of international experts this week selected 10 winners from a list of 680 submissions for the 2004 Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment.
UN library named after Sergio Vieira de Mello and other fallen UN colleagues  
Nairobi, 30 Jun 04
Representatives of the Brazilian government and other dignitaries joined the United Nations family at its headquarters in Nairobi on Wednesday for the inauguration of the Sergio Vieira de Mello Library.
New UN-HABITAT office in Kuwait  
Kuwait City, 25 Mar 04
An Agreement between UN-HABITAT and the government of Kuwait was signed on 23 March 2004 in Kuwait City by Mr. Khaled S. Al-Jarallah, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Daniel Biau, Deputy Executive Director, on behalf of Mrs. Anna K. Tibaijuka, USG, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT.
Fresh call to implement the Habitat Agenda  
Nairobi, 23 Mar 04
UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, has called on Inter-Governmental Organizations (IGOs), and others to join in the implementation of the Habitat Agenda. She said that the problem of slum upgrading in cities around the world can effectively be solved only through the cooperation of all parties involved in development.
Local Authorities present Lyon Declaration to Kofi Annan  
Geneva, 15 Dec 03
Local Authorities presented a new declaration to UN-Secretary General, Kofi Annan, aimed at enhancing the partnership between local governments and the United Nations during the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) last week.
Local Authorities met in Lyon on the Information Society  
, 8 Dec 03
Lyon's Senator-Mayor, Mr. Gérard Collomb, told the World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities that local authorities had a critical role to play in bridging the digital divide between north and south.
Agreement reached on how to measure progress towards the right to adequate housing  
, 2 Dec 03
An agreement has been reached on how to measure the state and progressive realization of the right to adequate housing, as outlined in the Habitat Agenda and other international instruments, during an expert group meeting convened in Geneva from 26-28 November 2003. The meeting was organized by UN-HABITAT and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) - through their joint initiative, the United Nations Housing Rights Programme.
 
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