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The world we want – UN-Habitat in Vietnam
	Hanoi, 22 Jan 13 UN-Habitat this month led a joint United Nations consultative group in Vietnam to understand better the aspirations, problems and opportunities of the urban poor in the cities of Hanoi and Danang.


UN-Habitat pledges better support as Haiti marks quake anniversary
	Port-au-Prince, 15 Jan 13 As Haiti marked the third anniversary of a devastating earthquake which claimed over 300,000 lives and left more than 1 million survivors homeless, UN-Habitat announced that it will broaden support to communities and institutions still trying to recover from the disaster. "The earthquake in Haiti in January 2010 was an unprecedented urban crisis, highlighting chronic vulnerabilities in the city and setting back its development," said UN-Habitat Executive Director Joan Clos in a statement marking the anniversary.


A new urban training programme in Myanmar
	Yangon, 11 Sept 12 The Urban Research and Development Institute (URDI) this week launched its first training on sustainable urban land management as part of new collaboration between the Government and UN-Habitat supported by Norway.


Kenyan youth commemorate last year's Norway attacks
	Nairobi, 23 Jul 12 Scores of Kenyan youth Sunday stood in solidarity with their Norwegian counterparts to mark the first anniversary of the killing of 77 people by a lone gunman at a youth camp.


The world’s first eco-mobility festival
	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 25 Jun 12 UN-Habitat and ICLEI on Friday signed an agreement with the city of Suwon in Korea to host the world’s first Eco-Mobility Festival.


Shoring up cities against disaster
	Rio de Janeiro, 21 Jun 12 UN-Habitat on Wednesday launched a new programme on Wednesday calling on Heads of State and governments at the Rio +20 conference to provide a framework to help make cities around the world safer from disasters.


Seven issues, seven experts – Dr. Clos on cities
	Rio de Janeiro, 20 Jun 12 UN-Habitat Executive Director Dr. Joan Clos was selected as a leading United Nations expert to talk about cities as one of seven key topics under consideration at the global Rio +20 Sustainable Development Summit opening on Wednesday.


UN-Habitat joins hands with Myanmar
	Yangon, 20 Jun 12 UN-HABITAT and Myanmar have signed a new agreement on disaster risk management designed to help the country shore itself up better against disasters such as cyclones which have claimed tens of thousands of lives and displaced countless more people in recent years.


World leaders gather at the Rio +20 grand opening
	Rio de Janeiro, 20 Jun 12 More than 100 Heads of State and government gathered on Wednesday for the opening of the United Nations Rio +20 Conference on Sustainable Development which seeks to shape new policies to promote global prosperity, reduce poverty and advance social equity and environmental protection.


Driving the City Agenda in Rio
	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 19 Jun 12 UN-Habitat is holding a series of events to drive home to drive home the all important urban aspect of sustainable development at a time more than half the global population lives in towns and cities.


UN-Habitat at the World Cities Summit
	Singapore, 19 Jun 12 UN-Habitat’s Deputy Executive Director, Dr. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, will address the World Cities Summit 2012 in Singapore next month when she will have the opportunity to meet world leaders, mayors and the business community to discuss new ideas on liveable and sustainable cities.


The Lebanon Municipal Forum 2012
	Beirut, 12 Jun 12 The winners of three prize-winning urban projects which came out on top at the Lebanon Municipal Urban Forum 2012, will be sent to the sixth session of the World Urban Forum in Naples in September to share their best practices.


UN-Habitat’s schools for displaced children in Mogadishu
	Mogadishu, 7 Jun 12 Five UN-Habitat schools completed a year ago in the Somali capital Mogadishu are today serving some 2,000 internally displaced children in five neighbourhoods thanks to Swedish funding and UNICEF backing.


UN-Habitat inaugurates new homes for Pakistan flood victims
	Charsadda, Northwest Pakistan, 26 Apr 12 UN-Habitat has inaugurated thousands of new single room homes for the victims of devastating floods in a country already bracing itself for further flood devastation this year


UN-Habitat expands its Risk Reduction and Rehabilitation work
	Nairobi, 23 Feb 12 UN-Habitat announced on Thursday that it is expanding its ties with the academic world in the area of urban risk reduction and rehabilitation so that a new generation of graduates undertaking field work in disaster zones around the world are better groomed in integrated urban crisis-based practice.


Norway pledges major support to UN-habitat
	Nairobi, 22 Feb 12 The Government of Norway has extended its support to UN-Habitat for a further two years with a commitment of NOK 108 million, more than USD 19 million.


Joining hands on the critical role of cities ahead of Rio + 20
	Nairobi, 20 Feb 12 UN-Habitat Executive Director Dr. Joan Clos on Monday hailed the joint collaboration of UN-Habitat and its sister agency, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) now celebrating its 40th anniversary.


Norwegian Students Visit Mathare Youth
	Nairobi, 15 Feb 12 A delegation of students and professors from the Volda University College on Monday this week paid a visit to UN-HABITAT headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.


Clos presents youth initiative to Secretary-General
	New York, 8 Feb 12 UN-Habitat Executive Director Joan Clos, accompanied by senior Norwegian and United States officials, on Tuesday presented a new youth initiative to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.


United Nations turns to youth
	New York, 30 Jan 12 UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon has pledged to engage more firmly with young people around the world saying he will appoint a UN Special Representative on Youth.


A post-conflict milestone in Sri Lanka
	Colombo, 30 Jan 12 A major post-conflict home reconstruction and repair project in Sri Lanka marked its first anniversary this month with the announcement that to date 3,000 internally displaced families have so far been assisted.


UN-Habitat teams up with Myanmar at brand new urban institute
	Yangon, 20 Jan 12 The Union Minister of Construction, U Khin Maung Myint Friday opened Myanmar’s first Urban Research and Development Institute (URDI) to help local and national authorities ensure a better urban future for country.


Major Swedish support for UN-Habitat
	Nairobi, 19 Jan 12 UN-Habitat and the Government of Sweden signed a new collaboration agreement on Wednesday whereby Stockholm will provide USD 14 million over the next four years to support the agency’s work programme.


UN-HABITAT and partners hold meeting to involve young people more in UN activities
	Oslo, 15 Dec 11 UN-HABITAT, as a member of the UN Interagency Network on Youth Development with support from Government of Norway recently organised a planning meeting between key government officials, UN and youth organisations.


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.


Youth Caravan sets off towards COP 17 in Durban
	Nairobi, 14 Nov 11 About 200 youth from Kenya and Norway began a caravan that is going from Nairobi, Kenya and ending two weeks later at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's conference (COP-17) in Durban, South Africa.


India to step up funding to UN-HABITAT
	New Delhi, 30 Sept 11 The Government of India this week said it would increase its funding to UN-HABITAT. The announcement was made after Executive Director Dr. Joan Clos held talks with Kumari Selja, India's Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Culture.


The passing of a giant – Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai
	Nairobi, Kenya, 26 Sept 11 The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Wangari Maathai of Kenya, died overnight at a Nairobi hospital. Her organization, the Green Belt Movement, said Wangari had been undergoing cancer treatment. She was 71.


UN-HABITAT's Urban Youth Fund awards 59 small grants to urban youth-led projects in 43 countries
	Nairobi, 15 Aug 11 Now in its third year, the Urban Youth Fund established by UN-HABITAT with funding from the Government of Norway has supported several thousand young people


End forced evictions in Haiti
	Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 20 Jun 11 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, has made an urgent plea to put an immediate stop to all forced evictions of earthquake survivors in the Caribbean Nation.


BASF backs major water programme for schools
	Mangalore, India, 10 May 11 A major new water education project financed mainly by the German chemical giant BASF has been launched in Mangalore to help provide water education and safe drinking water for 25 schools and nearby communities


UN-HABITAT launches a global youth help desk
	Nairobi, 20 Apr 11 On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first manned space flight, movie stars serving as UN-HABITAT youth envoys last week joined Norwegian Junior Minister, Mr. Arvinn Eikeland Gadgil and agency officials at the glittering launch ceremony of a new internet help desk for urban youth.


European Union, UN-HABITAT strengthen ties
	Brussels, 7 Feb 11 Key high-level European officials joined the representatives of international institutions at the European Parliament in Brussels for wide ranging talks on urban matters and global urban development.


Myanmar cyclone funding shortfall
	Yangon, 2 Feb 11 The United Nations said this week it was growing concerned that a shortfall in funding cyclone recovery in Myanmar would render some communities unnecessarily vulnerable ahead of the coming monsoon season.


Envoys from India and Norway present credentials to Clos
	Nairobi, 28 Oct 10 Two new Permanent Representatives to UN-HABITAT today presented their credentials to the Executive Director, Mr. Juan Clos. They are H.E. Mr. Sababrata Tripathi of the Republic of India, and H.E. Mr. Per Ludvig Magnus of the Kingdom of Norway.


Norway celebrations target youth
	Oslo, 5 Oct 10 In Norway, the celebrations were marked by a conference in Oslo entitled “Youth in Cities: conflict – work – participation”. The event was officially opened by the Norwegian Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Liv Signe Navarsete.


Norwegian minister visits UN-HABITAT Myanmar cyclone projects
	Yangon, 2 Jun 10 Norwegian Development and Environment Minister, Mr. Erik Solheim, this week visited villages being rehabilitated by UN-HABITAT and its partners following the devastation caused by a cyclone two years ago.


Working with the Palestinians
	Ramallah, 11 Feb 10 UN-HABITAT has unveiled a new Programme Document for the occupied Palestinian territory covering the years 2010 and 2011 at a seminar it held on the challenge of sustainable urbanization and the need for effective spatial planning. The gathering was chaired by the Minister of Public Works and Housing, Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh.


Stepping up assistance in Haiti
	Port-au-Prince, 11 Feb 10 UN-HABITAT said on Wednesday it was stepping up plans to help an estimated 2 million people left homeless in Haiti after the most devastating earthquake to hit the Caribbean island nation in 250 years.


UN-HABITAT fund awards 67 youth projects around the world
	Nairobi, 30 Sept 09 UN-HABITAT has awarded grants from its new Opportunities Fund for Urban Youth-Led Development to 67 projects proposed by young people from around the world.

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