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Call for gender equity in land distribution  
Nairobi, 12 Apr 11
Only three per cent of the land in the world is owned by women, UN-HABITAT’s Deputy Executive Director, Inga Bjork-Klevby said.
UN-HABITAT and partners push for land reforms in Liberia  
Monrovia, 15 Mar 11
UN-HABITAT, the Liberia Land Commission and the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) last week launched a new three year, USD 2.3 million dollar joint project
President Johnson Sirleaf supports urban land policy  
Monrovia, 6 Oct 10
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf opened the first National Urban Conference in Liberia to kick-start the process of developing an urban land policy.The Conference, which took place from 6 - 8 October 2010, was organized by the Liberian Land Commission, in partnership with UN-HABITAT.
55,000 to be granted security of tenure in Pernambuco thanks to UN-HABITAT’s Global Land Tool Network  
Nairobi, 9 Apr 10
The Brazilian Government recently announced that it would not evict around 55,000 from their homes in Santo Amaro.
Training on gender and land governance draws to a close  
Naivasha, 23 Nov 09
UN-HABITAT and the Global Land Tool Network last week held a three-day workshop to test a new training course on improving gender equality and grassroots participation in land governance.
Advisory Group to assess alleged evictions in United States  
Nairobi, 30 Jul 09
The Advisory Group on Forced Evictions (AGFE) is currently undertaking a fact-finding mission to the city of New Orleans, in the United States.
A new UN-HABITAT office in eastern Congo  
Goma, 25 May 09
UN-HABITAT has opened an office in the eastern Congolese border town of Goma as part of a joint United Nations programme to assist people forced to flee during years of conflict in the Lake Kivu district. The office will work to help resolve land disputes.
Speaking out on urbanisation, food and cities  
New York, 12 May 09
UN-HABITAT Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, hosted a special meeting for delegates attending the 17th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development this month at which she explained that the urbanization of our planet is unstoppable.
UN-HABITAT to establish national office in Angola  
Luanda, 12 Mar 09
UN-HABITAT and the government of Angola on Thursday signed an agreement that will allow the agency to establish a national office in that country.
UN-HABITAT joins partners of the Decade of Roma Inclusion  
Belgrade, Serbia, 4 Sept 08
UN-HABITAT has joined the international partners of the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015 at the invitation of the Decade’s Presidency, currently held by Serbia.
Secure land rights for all critical for sustainable urban and rural development - says new UN-HABITAT report  
New York, 8 May 08
When it comes to land and property rights around the world, there is no doubt that women get the short end of the stick:
Transparency in land administration  
Kumasi, Ghana, 30 Jan 08
Some 30 participants from the West Africa region last week congregated at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), for a an eye-opening training on transparency in land administration. Organised jointly by UN-HABITAT and the International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) the workshop attracted participants from Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
UN-HABITAT Governing Council backs women in land and property rights  
Nairobi, 26 Apr 07
The Governing Council of UN-HABITAT on Friday passed a resolution providing new guidelines aimed at improving women’s land and property rights and access to finance.
Experts to discuss transparency in land administration  
Nairobi, 26 Jan 07
UN-HABITAT and the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), in cooperation with the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) have held a three-day expert group meeting on Transparency in Land administration at the UN headquarters in Nairobi , Kenya on 29-31 January 2007. Land remains a highly complex and contentious issue, UN-HABITAT said in a statement. “It is a critical element in achieving target 11 of the Millennium Development Goals on “Cities without slums”. It is also a critical element in the wider development agenda. There is a clear and urgent gap between the vast demand for skills in this area, and the capacity to deliver at different levels.
Tibaijuka briefs United States Senate on urbanization in Africa  
Washington DC, 8 May 06
UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, last week told a special panel of the United States Senate that 72 percent of the urban populations in Africa still live in slums and informal settlements.
Madagascar launches new drive to upgrade urban settlements  
Antananarivo, 20 Apr 06
Prime Minister Jacques Sylla of Madagascar has launched a national programme to upgrade informal settlements and prepare sound urban development with the support of UN-HABITAT and the United Nations Development Programme.
Boosting secure tenure and good urban governance in the Middle East  
Cairo, 16 Jan 06
Delegates at an Arab cities meeting held in Cairo last month agreed to promote UN-HABITAT’s campaigns for secure tenure and good urban governance and stressed the need for land strategies for the region
UN agency meets donors on shelter recovery in Pakistan and Zimbabwe  
Nairobi, 15 Dec 05
Within the framework of the UN Consolidated Appeals Process, UN-HABITAT today called a donor consultation to raise funds for shelter recovery to aid those who have been evicted from their homes in Zimbabwe and the survivors of the Pakistani earthquake.
New UN-HABITAT collaboration with Sweden  
Stockholm, 3 Nov 05
The Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, and the Managing Director of the Swedish Cooperative Centre (SCC) in Stockholm, Mr. Lennart Hjalmarson, have agreed to start a new collaboration aimed at helping developing countries promote security of tenure, better housing and service provision for poor people.
Mrs. Tibaijuka addresses UN General Assembly  
New York, 1 Nov 05
UN-HABITAT Executive Director Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka on Tuesday addressed the second committee of the sixtieth General Assembly of the United Nations, introducing the Secretary General’s report on the implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the agency.
UN-HABITAT launches secure tenure campaign in Thailand  
Bangkok, 11 Oct 05
During the week of World Habitat Day 3-8 October UN-HABITAT launched its Global Campaign for Secure Tenure and Cities without Slums programme in Thailand.
UN Special Envoy on Zimbabwean evictions briefs Security Council  
New York, 27 Jul 05
The United Nations Special Envoy on housing evictions in Zimbabwe, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, today briefed the Security Council on her two-week visit to the southern African country where the demolition of housing and markets have left some 700,000 people without homes or businesses.
Zimbabwe’s evictions carried out with ‘indifference to human suffering,’ Mrs. Tibaijuka says  
New York, 25 Jul 05
UN Special Envoy and Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka presented her report to the Secretary General on Friday with calls to the Government of Zimbabwe to stop the demolition of homes and markets, pay reparations to those who have lost housing and livelihoods and punish those who, “with indifference to human suffering,” carried out the evictions of some 700,000 people.
Zimbabwe: UN report on recent evictions on way to Government  
New York, 20 Jul 05
A UN report on the humanitarian aspects of a demolition and eviction campaign in Zimbabwe that rendered hundreds of thousands homeless and unable to earn a living has been sent to the Government of Zimbabwe for its consideration, a United Nations spokesperson said.
Special envoy concludes Zimbabwe mission  
Harare, 11 Jul 05
United Nations Special Envoy, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, at the weekend ended a two-week assessment of the evictions of some 200,000 people in Zimbabwe to prepare a report for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Zimbabwe: UN envoy says freedom of movement is fundamental right  
Harare, 8 Jul 05
The United Nations Special Envoy assessing the evictions of thousands of poor people from housing and businesses in Zimbabwe was scheduled to visit the Victoria Falls district and return to Harare for a final round of talks before winding up her two-week mission at the weekend.
UN-HABITAT campaigns launched in Cuba and 6th global meeting of the Sustainable Cities Programme and Localising Agenda 21  
Havana, Cuba, 7 Jul 05
HABITAT has formally launched its two global campaigns on secure tenure and urban governance in Cuba in a new drive to consolidate the fight against urban poverty.
UN Zimbabwe envoy to visit Bulawayo, other cities  
Harare, 5 Jul 05
The United Nations Special Envoy for human settlements issues in Zimbabwe, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka was scheduled to travel to Zimbabwe’s second city of Bulawayo by road on Tuesday in the next phase of her assessment of the evictions of some 200,000 people in and around urban areas of the country.
Mrs. Tibaijuka, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, meets Zimbabwe President  
Harare, 29 Jun 05
Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy evaluating the humanitarian aspects of the recent evictions of some 200,000 poor people in Zimbabwe, on Wednesday met President Robert Mugabe and got the green light to go wherever she liked, a UN spokesman said.
Annan names Mrs. Tibaijuka Special Envoy to Zimbabwe  
New York, 21 Jun 05
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Monday appointed the UN-HABITAT Executive Director Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, to represent him in reviewing the humanitarian aspects of the Zimbabwean Government's eviction of illegal dwellers and informal traders.
 
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