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Achieving MDGs must focus on slums - UN-HABITAT
	Dakar, Senegal (PANA), 29 Nov 04 Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) would remain a distant dream if stakeholders failed to focus on slums that abound in the world's cities, the chair of Global WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Forum warned here Monday.


Civil society groups from East and Horn of Africa to meet in Nairobi
	Nairobi, 29 Nov 04 Civil society groups from 12 East and Horn of Africa countries will gather at the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) in Nairobi from December 6-8 to discuss regional concerns they deem important for the agendas of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised countries and the European Union next year.


Saving Lake Victoria
	Homa Bay, Kenya, 29 Nov 04 UN-HABITAT Executive Director Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka last week led water ministers from the East African Community in high level Town Hall Meetings with stakeholders of the Lake Victoria Region Water and Sanitation Initiative.


UN Security Council on Africa peace mission
	Nairobi, 24 Nov 04 The United Nations Security Council this week embarked on a peace mission to Africa's Great Lakes region as part of an historic visit that started with a meeting in Nairobi to consolidate a deal aimed at ending two decades of north-south conflict between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement.


World Bank and UN-HABITAT boost cooperation at country level
	Washington, 16 Nov 04 World Bank President, Mr. James Wolfensohn, and UN-HABITAT Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, have agreed to prepare cooperation framework for country collaboration between the two organizations.


How Medellin became a City of Opportunities
	Geneva, 15 Nov 04 The Mayor of Medellin in Colombia, Mr. Sergio Fajardo, has said his city had reduced the homicide rate of 350 per 100,000 inhabitants in 1991 to its present rate of 50 per 100,000.


Human settlements expert honoured
	Göteborg, Sweden, 12 Nov 04 Dr. David Satterthwaite, who has pioneered major studies on urban poverty and written extensively for UN-HABITAT publications, was named one of four winners on Thursday of a major environment prize.


Improved city council ethics necessary for Safer Cities says UN-HABITAT
	Nairobi, (PANA), 8 Nov 04 UN-HABITAT wants a governance ethics code introduced in City Councils to address corruption among city authorities.


Habitat Programme Managers convene in Nairobi
	Nairobi, 8 Nov 04 Some 25 Habitat Programme Managers from around the world gathered at UN-HABITAT headquarters on Monday for a five-day seminar aimed at giving them a better understanding of the organization.


Top Chinese legislator visits UN headquarters in Nairobi
	Nairobi, 2 Nov 04 The Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People's Congress (NPC), Mr. Wu Bangguo, visited the United Nations headquarters in Nairobi on Saturday for talks with senior officials of UN-HABITAT and the UN Environment Programme.

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