 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| | 1 - 8 of 8 titles |  |
 |
| Sounding the alarm on forced evictions |
|
 |
Nairobi, Kenya, 7 Apr 05
Saying that the Millennium Development Goals targeted the significant improvement millions of slum dwellers by the year 2020, the Executive Director said not only was the global community falling short of this target with an additional 50 million people having been added to the slums of the world in the past two years, but that the practices of forced evictions were worsening the lives of millions of urban poor each year. |
|
|
|
|
| Working to keep the millennium promise |
|
 |
Nairobi, 7 Apr 05
UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, told the twentieth session of the Governing Council examining UN-HABITAT’s work programme and budget for the 2006-2007 biennium that the agency’s main focus would be implementation of the Millennium Declaration targets on slums, urban water and sanitation, urban governance, disaster management and gender mainstreaming. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
