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Better transport for better cities
	Brussels, 30 Nov 11 The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and UN-HABITAT have joined hands to help improve urban mobility in cities around the world many of which are growing increasingly polluted by vehicle exchaust often because of poor public transport.


Partnering with India as One United Nations
	New Delhi, 28 Nov 11 UN-HABITAT has joined 19 other agencies of the United Nations in a new 2013-2017 United Nations Development Action Framework (UNDAF) for India.


UN-HABITAT staffer elected Nairobi Staff Union President
	Nairobi, 24 Nov 11 UN-HABITAT staff member James Ohayo was on Wednesday elected the new President of the Nairobi Staff Union for the period 2011-2013. Mr. Ohayo who is a Communications Officer with the Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch beat a field of six to emerge the winner after a 24 hour voting that started on Tuesday and closed on Wednesday morning.


Safer cities, safer lives: no more child soldiers in Somalia
	Mogadishu, 24 Nov 11 In a rare visit to the Somali capital by a senior United Nations official, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, announced on Thursday that she had secured a commitment from the Prime Minister and President of Somalia to end the recruitment of children by the Transitional Federal Government.


UN-HABITAT, Iran in new cooperation
	Tehran, 21 Nov 11 UN-HABITAT has agreed with the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran on a strategic framework of co-operation for the coming four years.


New Permanent Representative of Republic of Benin presents credentials to Executive Director of UN-Habitat
	Nairobi, 18 Nov 11 Dr. Ferdinand Montcho, the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Benin to UN-Habitat, presented his credentials to Dr. Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN-Habitat on 09 November 2011.


UN-HABITAT and partners unveil a new youth initiative
	Frankfurt/Main, 17 Nov 11 In collaboration with German partners, UN-HABITAT has unveiled a new initiative aimed at addressing youth employment and empowerment.


Flying the urban design flag at UNHQ
	New York, 15 Nov 11 UN-HABITAT has teamed up with the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum and the United Nations Academic Impact agency to stage a glittering urban design exhibition in the visitor’s lobby of the world body’s global headquarters.


UN-HABITAT extends support of water provision to 15 new cities in Eastern Africa
	Kisumu, 11 Nov 11 UN-HABITAT announced Friday it will be expanding its successful Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Initiative to fifteen more cities in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi, with support of US$4.2 million from the African Development Bank.


Join us in quest for better cities, Clos tells students
	Nairobi, 8 Nov 11 UN-HABITAT Executive Director Dr. Joan Clos on Tuesday told students at the University of Nairobi that he considered universities as strategic partners in the quest for sustainable urban development.

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