Antananarivo, 31 May 07
UN-HABITAT joined a group of UN agencies in Madagascar earlier this month for a seminar on housing reform and shelter needs as part of the new ‘One UN’ concept whereby all agencies working in a country pool their expertise as best they can for the benefit of all.
Dar es Salaam, 21 May 07
Prime Minister Edward Lowassa of Tanzania said he hoped that the City Council and UN-HABITAT would join hands to implement a new plan of action to improve unplanned settlements in the Tanzanian capital.
Nairobi, 15 Apr 07
The Saudi Committee for the Palestinian People Relief has disbursed US$ 6.3 million through UN-HABITAT to help provide housing and shelter for Palestinian widows and women living in poverty in the West Bank town of Al Khalil, also known as Hebron.
Maputo, Mozambique, 20 Mar 07
A high level team from UN-HABITAT headquarters last week visited Mozambique to review the agency’s programmes in that country. They also met former President Joachim Chissano...
Nairobi, 19 Mar 07
The Government of Spain has committed new funding of US$592,000 for UN-HABITAT's Rapid Urban Sector Profiling for Sustainability (RUSPS) programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique and Senegal.
Kampala, 8 Mar 07
Over 60 representatives from cities across East Africa met in Kampala, Uganda to explore how to advance youth leadership in a region where more than half the population is under 24.
Bahrain, 5 Mar 07
Bahrain’s Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa today won a United Nations award for his efforts in improving the lot of the urban poor.
Kigali, 26 Feb 07
UN-HABITAT announced on Monday that it will extend its Water for African Cities Programme to help provide water and sanitation services for people living in the country’s slums and other poor neighbourhoods.
