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The Commission for Africa: Breaking out of the cycle of poverty
	London, 19 Jul 04 Hilary Benn, UK's Minister for International Development, Sir Bob Geldof and Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka were welcomed to the Africa All Party Parliamentary Group by chairman, Tony Worthington, MP. The meeting, aimed at briefing British parliamentarians and their guests about the Commission for Africa, was attended by Members of Parliament, the diplomatic community, Aid agencies, representatives of the Africa Diaspora and journalists.


2004 Best Practice award winners announced
	Dubai-UAE, 15 Jul 04 An independent jury of international experts this week selected 10 winners from a list of 680 submissions for the 2004 Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment.


African youth seek greater role in decision making
	Nairobi, 14 Jul 04 African youth leaders told a United Nations expert group meeting on urban youth employment in Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, that young people ought to have a stronger say in decisions affecting their employment prospects.


Senior UN officials meet São Paulo Mayor
	Sao Paulo, 14 Jul 04 São Paulo Mayor, Ms. Marta Suplicy, and the Secretary-General of the new international local authorities organisation, United Cities and Local Governments, Ms. Elisabeth Gateau, held talks in São Paulo last month with UN Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan and UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka.


New housing and social integration programme gets underway for Serbian refugees
	Belgrade, 13 Jul 04 UN-HABITAT on Tuesday announced the launch of a major new housing and social integration programme for tens of thousands of war refugees and other vulnerable people in Serbia with financial support from the Italian Government.


African Union leaders raise concern at hunger crisis
	Addis Ababa, 12 Jul 04 African leaders, meeting at the 3rd summit of the African Union 6-8 July, raised the alarm at the level of hunger on the continent and how to alleviate a situation in which many people have to survive on one meal or less per day.


UN Secretary-General & Mrs. Annan welcomed by school children
	Narobi, 7 Jul 04 On their official visit to the United Nations Office at Nairobi today, the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, and his wife Nane were entertained by a programme of songs, poems and drama performed by children from the Sai Amboseli School, in the informal settlements of Kawangware in Nairobi.


UN library named after Sergio Vieira de Mello and other fallen UN colleagues
	Nairobi, 30 Jun 04 Representatives of the Brazilian government and other dignitaries joined the United Nations family at its headquarters in Nairobi on Wednesday for the inauguration of the Sergio Vieira de Mello Library.


UN-HABITAT to play stronger humanitarian role
	Nairobi, 14 Jun 04 UN-HABITAT has been invited to participate as a full member of the UN’s Executive Committee for Humanitarian Affairs (ECHA) in a move that will strengthen its work in countries recovering from conflict or natural disasters like Afghanistan, Kosovo, Liberia, or Haiti and enable the agency to cooperate more closely with major UN bodies involved in humanitarian work around the world.


African Ministers and Senior Water Educators visit Thailand
	Bangkok, 4 Jun 04 A study visit by two education ministers and senior education administrators from Africa to Thailand has further strengthened UN-HABITAT’s cooperation with the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) and the Government of Thailand.

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