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A new agenda to tackle urban poverty in Africa
	Nairobi, 4 Apr 06 Resolving to place their urban poverty crisis at the top of the national and international policy making agenda, African ministers responsible for housing and urban development on Tuesday discussed a 10-point game plan designed to reduce urban poverty, defuse potential social unrest, and reverse the perception that governments are not doing enough, quickly enough.


African ministerial conference opens with calls to drive a new urban agenda
	Nairobi, Kenya, 3 Apr 06 Ministers responsible for housing and urban development from more than 30 African countries gathered in Nairobi on Monday for a two-day conference to thrash out new strategies to aimed at achieving the World Summit Commitments on slums.


Safer Nairobi convention kicks off
	Nairobi, 14 Mar 06 The second City Residents Convention aimed at seeking solutions to the problem of insecurity in Nairobi kicked off on Monday with calls for greater participation from leaders and citizenry in enhancing safety.


Remembering the Holocaust
	Nairobi, 27 Jan 06 United Nations staff, members of the diplomatic community and hundreds of school children on Friday gathered in a solemn candle lighting ceremony to mark the first ever International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust.


UN-HABITAT’s Deputy Executive Director receives Francophone ambassadors
	Nairobi, 27 Jan 06 UN-HABITAT’s Deputy Executive Director, Ms. Inga Bjork-Klevby, on Thursday received ambassadors from Francophone countries to reassure them that the agency was doing all it could to take French language considerations into account at its major meetings like the forthcoming Third Session of the World Urban Forum in Vancouver, Canada.


UN-HABITAT calls for stricter building regulations in wake of Nairobi disaster
	Nairobi, 26 Jan 06 UN-HABITAT ‘s Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, on Wednesday called on city authorities in the Kenyan capital to suspend all ongoing multi-storey building work until better inspection measures are enforced. Her comments were made during a visit to the ruins of a building that collapsed this week claiming at least 14 lives, and leaving more than 100 injured with an unknown number of people still unaccounted for.


Kisumu declared world’s first Millennium City
	Kisumu, 24 Jan 06 The western Kenyan city of Kisumu on the shores of Lake Victoria has been officially designated the first United Nations Millennium City in the world.


UN-HABITAT Deputy Executive Director Assumes Office
	Nairobi, 5 Jan 06 The new year begins on a high note with Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, the Executive Director, welcoming Ms. Inga Björk-Klevby, the new Deputy Executive Director to UN-HABITAT.


East African officials discuss affordable housing
	Kampala, 16 Nov 05 Representatives from banks, finance, land and housing ministries from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda gathered in Kampala with American and UN officials for the first regional meeting devoted to promoting innovative financing for affordable housing.


Secretary-General appoints deputy executive director of UN-HABITAT
	New York, 20 Oct 05 Secretary-General Kofi Annan today announced the appointment of Swedish Ambassador Inga Björk-Klevby as Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) in Nairobi, Kenya.

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