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Advancing social entrepreneurship  
Nairobi, 1 Jul 08
UN HABITAT, the University of Colorado and partners held a two-day seminar this week to launch a new research study in Kenya,
Curtain falls on youth summit  
Durban, 23 Jun 08
The International Youth Crime Prevention and Cities Summit came to a close in Durban, South Africa with recommendations on how best to tackle the issue of safety in urban areas.
Pomp and pageantry as summit on youth and crime opens in Durban  
Durban, 18 Jun 08
Pomp and pageantry marked the official opening ceremony of an International Youth Crime Prevention and Cities Summit in this east coast South African city Wednesday.
Kenya’s youth violence prevention week comes to a close  
Nairobi, 4 Mar 08
A youth violence prevention week came to a close at the weekend with participants pledging to spread the peace message across Kenya after two months of tension and ethnic violence following elections in December 2007.
Kenya youth launch anti-violence campaign  
Nairobi, 26 Feb 08
Hundreds of young Kenyans gathered on Monday to launch a campaign aimed at getting their peers to refrain from post-election violence that has so far claimed some 1,000 lives and displacing almost 300,000 people around the country.
Youths converge on UN Africa headquarters in Kenya to launch a peace campaign  
Nairobi, 4 Feb 08
UN-HABITAT and UNICEF held a peace meeting at UN headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday in an effort to persuade young Kenyans to be ambassadors for peace in their troubled country. And the stories and tears flowed as young people recounted what happened as post-election violence ushered in a grim new year for the East African country.
Holland’s youngest city councillors present a “Millennium Municipality Declaration”  
The Hague, 8 Oct 07
UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka was presented a “Millennium Municipality Declaration” on World Habitat Day last week by a group representing the youngest members of municipalities accross The Netherlands.
Working together in making Kosovo cities safe and just  
Kosovo, 8 Oct 07
Various activities were held in different parts of Kosovo to mark the 2007 World Habitat Day organized jointly by city municipalities and UN-HABITAT’s Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme ‘Making Better Cities Together’. The focus of the activities was on looking for ideas which can be implemented through cooperation with various stakeholders and would lead to increased safety of women and children; safer public spaces open to various social, ethnic, and age groups; safer school environments and disaster prevention.
Grand finale for World Habitat Day in Monterrey, Mexico  
Monterrey, 8 Oct 07
World Habitat Day 2007 closed in a grand finale on Friday in theMexican city of Monterrey as part of the Universal Forum of Cultures.
This occasion marked the end of a week of activities all around the world that began in The Hague on 1 October.
Delegates gather in Monterrey to discuss urban crime  
Monterrey, 4 Oct 07
Over 600 delegates from some 42 countries drawn across the globe gathered in the Mexican city of Monterrey from Monday for a conference that is discussing urban crime and violence prevention. Those delivering key speeches at the opening of the meeting included UN-HABITAT's Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
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