Nairobi, 8 Apr 08
Norway will provide UN-HABITAT with funding to the tune of USD 25.6 million to help implement a new medium-term strategic plan aimed at strengthening the agency, sharpening its focus on urban poverty reduction around the world, and improving its internal management.
Warsaw, 3 Oct 07
Senior Polish officials pledged on World Habitat Day to do all they can to make the country’s cities safer and more inclusive for all their citizens.
“The quality of life in our cities depends to the great extent on the level of security. We are very much interested in learning how spatial planning may improve security of city inhabitants,” Poland’s Minister of Construction, Mr. Miroslaw Barszcz, said in a speech marking World Habitat Day.
Bucharest, 27 Jun 07
UN-HABITAT last week hosted representatives from a group of European countries to discuss possible support for housing and urban management issues.
Nairobi, 12 Jun 07
A Polish delegation last week visited UN-HABITAT headquarters and held talks with the Deputy Executive Director, Ms. Inga Klevby on their country’s bid to host the EXPO 2012.
Warsaw, 28 Feb 07
UN-HABITAT’s work in the transition economies of Central, Eastern and Southern European States, took a boost at the First meeting of the Advisory Council of the UN-HABITAT Warsaw Office, the agency’s newest regional centre.
Warsaw, 4 Oct 06
As part of its expansion programmes so as to effectively address human settlements concerns globally, UN-HABITAT on Monday officially opened a new office in Warsaw to serve central and eastern Europe.
Warsaw, 26 May 06
UN-HABITAT will open a new East European regional office in the Polish capital Warsaw 1 June with funding from the Polish government, the agency announced on Friday.
