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Clinton seeks more cooperation between international community and the private sector  
New York, 26 Apr 05
Former US President Bill Clinton on Monday hailed recent collaboration between the United Nations and the private sector, saying they should work together more closely.
UN-HABITAT begins talks on slum upgrading in Iraq  
Amman, Jordan, 26 Apr 05
UN-HABITAT and the Iraqi ministries of Municipality and Public Works, and Construction and Housing on Tuesday started a two-day round-table meeting in Amman, Jordan, on a new slum upgrading strategy for Iraq.
Canada welcomes all parties to third session of the World Urban Forum  
New York, 25 Apr 05
The Canadian Minister for Labour and Housing, Mr. Joe Fontana, on Friday invited delegates at the 13th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development to the third session of the World Urban Forum to be held in Vancouver next year.
Hearing the voices of women  
New York, 20 Apr 05
Women from around the world warned delegates at the 13th Session of the Commission for Sustainable Development on Tuesday that they had to have more empowerment, better protection against crime, better security of tenure and better access to water and sanitation if sustainable development was to be achieved.
UN-HABITAT and European Union promote sustainable cities  
New York, USA, 19 Apr 05
UN-HABITAT and the European Union joined forces at a meeting in New York this week to present their experiences in making cities around the world more sustainable.
Governments tackle targets on water, sanitation and human settlements  
Nairobi, 13 Apr 05
The meeting of the Commission on Sustainable Development’s 13th session (CSD-13) 11 to 22 April 2005, marks the first major policy-setting conference since the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2002. The meeting follows that of the Governing Council of UN-HABITAT in Nairobi, Kenya, last week.
Governing Council breathes new strength into UN-HABITAT  
Nairobi, 13 Apr 05
The new budget represents an increase of close to 60 percent on the previous US$ 50.5 million budget for 2004-2005 approved two years earlier at the 19th session of the Governing Council, which itself was double the budget approved by the 17th Session.
Financing for shelter and urban development  
Nairobi, Kenya, 11 Apr 05
Government ministers and senior officials from around the world agreed during the UN-HABITAT Governing Council that poor people are not high-risk borrowers as micro-financing initiatives around in many countries have shown.
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.
 
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