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UN-HABITAT extends a helping hand to Gaza  
NewYork, 23 Jan 09
UN-HABITAT is to field a mission to Gaza to assess the damage and to take part in the early recovery programme as part of the larger UN assessment team which was initiated earlier this week by the UN Secretary-General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon after his visit to the region. In a statement issued in New York, the Executive Director Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka said: “In line with UN-HABITAT’s technical mandate...
Palestinian Envoy Presents Credentials to Tibaijuka  
Nairobi, 21 Jan 09
The new Permanent Representative of the Palestine to UN-HABITAT, Dr. Zuhair Al-Shun on Monday presented his credentials to the Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka.
Malawi organises its first Urban Forum  
Lilongwe, Malawi, 9 Dec 08
The first Malawi Urban Forum, held in Lilongwe from 8-9 December, brought close to 200 stakeholders to seek solutions to what is considered to be the most significant demographic and poverty dynamic in Malawi today...
Tibaijuka receives new Envoys from Greece and Ghana  
Nairobi, Kenya, 5 Dec 08
The Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, recently received the letters of accreditation from two new Permanent Representatives to UN-HABITAT.
First high-level UN-HABITAT visit to Iraq in five years  
Baghdad, Iraq, 3 Dec 08
The director of UN-HABITAT’s Regional Office for African and Arab States, Mr. Aloiune Badiane visited Baghdad during the last week of November, marking the first visit by a senior official of the agency since 2003.
UN-HABITAT hosts training on water testing  
Kisii, Kenya, 2 Dec 08
Participants drawn from over ten African countries came together in the western Kenyan town of Kisii for a UN-HABITAT sponsored training in basic skills in low cost water quality testing.
Highlighting the urban dimension at the global climate change talks  
Nairobi, Kenya, 27 Nov 08
UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, will join the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon and other senior officials in Poznan, Poland...
New Malian Envoy presents Credentials to Tibaijuka  
Nairobi, Kenya, 26 Nov 08
The new Permanent Representative of Mali to UN-HABITAT, Mr. Amadou N’diaye, this week presented his credentials to the Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka.
Nairobi slum residents to benefit from new toilet and bathroom facilities  
Nairobi, Kenya, 26 Nov 08
UN-HABITAT in collaboration with the Government of Kenya and the NGO Maji na Ufanisi, last week opened new public toilets and bathrooms intended to help improve the lives of destitute Nairobi slum dwellers.
UN-HABITAT calls for better territorial development in Kenya  
Nairobi, Kenya, 25 Nov 08
UN-HABITAT this week warned Kenya that the agency’s host country had a problem of insufficient urbanization and of inequitable and unbalanced urban development.
 
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