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Home » Focus Areas » Promotion of participatory urban planning, management and governance » Statements and Speeches
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| The Secretary-General - Message To The "Africities Summit" |
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Yaoundé, Cameroon
It is a great pleasure to send my greetings to everyone who has gathered for this Third Africities Conference. Your presence underscores your recognition of the magnitude and urgency of the urban challenge facing Africa. And the impressive turn-out of mayors, government officials, representatives of the private sector and civil society, as well as a number of development partners, shows you understand that this challenge can be tackled only by collective engagement. I would like to commend the Municipal Development Partnership for its vigorous efforts and leadership in support of local authorities in Africa.
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| PRESS LAUNCH KENYA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR AWARD (JOYA) ON CRIME PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY SAFETY 2004 AND 2005 22 December 2004, 1030 hrs, The Norfolk Hotel Address by Daniel Biau, Deputy Executive Director, UN-HABITAT |
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Nairobi
Secretary General- KUJ Ezekiel Mutua, Chair- Kenya Union of Journalist, Tervil Okoko, City Council of Nairobi representative- Engineer Njoroge, members of the press, distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen.
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| On Behalf of the European Union, by His Excellency Walter J. Lindner Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany |
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Nairobi
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| Commonwealth Youth Forum Opening ceremony: Statement by Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations |
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Entebbe, Uganda
I am very excited to be back in Uganda. Last year I was here in April when I had the privilege to address the commonwealth meeting on Africa’s urbanization crisis.
It is an honor and a privilege for me to be here with you today at this Commonwealth Youth Forum
I wish to congratulate the Commonwealth Youth Council for organizing this youth forum which will provide a platform for young people to contribute to the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth Heads of Government agendas. I am pleased that this forum also provides an independent platform for youth representatives to consider their agenda at the same time as the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting.
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| Statement of the United Nations Commissioner-General on the start of the Expo countdown |
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It is with great pleasure that I mark the start of the one-year countdown to the 2010 World Expo. As the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Pavilion, I would like to use this occasion to reiterate the commitment of the United Nations family to participate in the international dialogue on Better City, Better Life, known throughout the globe as the Shanghai World Expo.
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| Statement By Mrs Anna Tibaijuka, Under-Secretary General And Executive Director,UN-HABITAT At The African Ministerial Conference On Housing And Urban Development, Abuja, Nigeria, 28-30 July, 2008. |
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Abuja, Nigeria
I would like to thank your Government, Mr. President, for inviting UN-HABITAT to participate as a co-organizer of the Second African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD). Personally, and on behalf of my staff, I would like to convey our sincere appreciation for the warm reception and hospitality accorded to us. We are grateful for the elaborate arrangements you have made to bring the Ministers and staff from the continent to Abuja, your beautiful and great capital.
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| Zhang Guangning, Mayor of Guangzhou and Co-President of UCLG |
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Nanjing
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| Statement by the H.E President of the Republic of Kenya |
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Nairobi, Kenya
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| Anna Tibaijuka,Under Secretary-General, United Nations; Executive Director, UN-HABITAT, Kenya |
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Canada
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| Keynote Address by LN Sisulu Chair of AMCHUD |
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Nairobi, Kenya
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| Statement of the United Nations Commissioner General on the handover of the UN Pavilion for the Shanghai World Expo 2010 |
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Let me first say how honoured we all are for your presence Mr. Director General and how grateful we are for the unparalleled support that you have extended to the United Nations and to other International Organisations participating in the Shanghai World Expo 2010.
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| Speech of The Regional Commissioner Bukoba during the Official Launch Of The Training and Capacity Building Programme Of The Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Initiative (LVWATSAN) |
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| Djoko Kirmanto, Minister for Public Works, Indonesia |
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Nanjing
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| Welcoming address by Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Executive Director UN-HABITAT Director General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON)at the opening of the 21st session of the Governing Council of UN-HABITAT |
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Nairobi
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the opening session of the 21st session of the Governing Council in my current two capacities. Firstly, as the Director General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi, UNON, a responsibility bestowed upon me by the Secretary General last year after Dr. Klaus Toepfer retired. Speaking in that capacity, it is with great pleasure that for the second time this year, we are honored to welcome you, President Mwai Kibaki, to our UN Compound. Your personal presence is a testimony to the important support you are giving to the work of the UN in general, and in particular to the business covered by the UN environmental agencies headquartered here, namely UNEP and UN-HABITAT.
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| WHD 2006 Kazan Executive Director's statement |
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Kazan, Russia
It is a privilege and a pleasure to be here in Kazan celebrating the World Habitat Day.
Since 1985, UN-HABITAT and partners have been commemorating this important day to reflect collectively about the challenges of achieving sustainable human settlements in a world that is becoming increasingly urbanized.
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| Remarks by Mr. Robert Goodwin, Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, UN-HABITAT, during the Official Opening of the New Customs Intake, Bukoba by H.E. Dr. Mohamed Shein, Vice-President of the United Republic of Tanzania |
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| Statement by Dr. Markandey Rai, On behalf of Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka Executive Director of UN-HABITAT under Secretary General of the United Nations on the occassion of the meeting of the Global parliamentarians on Habitat.Washington, DC, USA 6th October 2009 |
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| Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Hounerable Erha Solberg, Norway |
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Barcelona
It is a great honour for me to take part in the opening ceremony of the second World Urban Forum. We have gathered here frnm all over the.world, from all walks of life, to discuss urban challenges and search for solutions to the issues of inclusiveness and integration. We are here to exchange experiences, to form partnerships and alliances, and to gain courage and inspiration to meet one of the most critical challenges of our time; combating urban poverty.
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| Charles Kelly, Commissioner General, World Urban Forum 3, Government of Canada |
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Canada
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| Hejira,Arabic |
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Hejira,Arabic
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| Morroco-Discours De M. Daniel Biau |
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Casablanca
Nous célébrons aujourd’hui la Journée mondiale de l’habitat qui se tient tous les ans le premier lundi d’octobre ; nous célébrons aussi le lancement au Maroc des Campagnes nationales sur la bonne gouvernance urbaine et sur la sécurité foncière et immobilière, nous célébrons enfin l’ouverture de la semaine « Convergence Urbanisme Habitat ».
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| Message of Mr. Kim Hak-Su, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of UNESCAP |
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New Delhi
“Let me start by congratulating you, Your Excellency, and Mrs. Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, for the initiative to call this important Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Housing and Human Settlements. As the regional arm of the United Nations in Asia and the Pacific, UNESCAP strongly supports this initiative, which complements the Asia-Pacific Urban Forums and Ministerial Conferences that UNESCAP has been organizing since 1993 on issues related to urban development and housing.
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| Remarks by Mr. Martti Ahtisaari Former President of Finland |
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Barcelona
As we discuss the issue of preventing man made disasters and natural
disasters, it is natural for me to focus on the first part -the man made
disasters -because that is where my own personal experience is from. In the
course of the years I have been engaged in trouble shooting in Africa and Asia.
Europeans, too, are perfectly able of generating manmade disasters
even in our own time and some of my experience comes from Europe.
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| New Delhi Declaration |
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NEW DELHI, INDIA
We, the members of the private sector, meeting at Habitat Business Forum, in New Delhi, from 7 to 9 July 2009, under the theme, “Innovative Cities – Show-Casing and Debating Urban Challenges and Solutions” declare the commitment of the private sector to working with UN-HABITAT towards the accomplishment of its objectives.
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| COMMUNICATION DU TCHAD |
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Nairobi, Kenya
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| Noli de Castro, Vice President, Government of the Philippines |
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Canada
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The Secretary-General message to the Africities Summit
Cairo Conference - Statement of the Executive Director