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Clos urges greater ties with Kuwait
	Nairobi, Kenya, 30 Nov 10 The Executive Director, Dr. Joan Clos, has called for greater cooperation between UN-HABITAT and the State of Kuwait. The Executive Director made the call today while receiving the credentials from the new Permanent Representative of the State Kuwait to UN-Habitat, H.E. Mr. Yakuob Y. Alsanad.


UN-HABITAT and AMCOW agree to co-organize World Water Day 2011
	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 29 Nov 10 The President of the African Ministers’ Council on Water, Edna Molewa has promised the Council’s support and commitment to join UN-Water, the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation, UNEP, UN-HABITAT and other partners in organizing the global celebrations of next year’s World Water Day.


Scroll Winner gets Housing and Urban Development South-South Transfer award
	Geneva, 25 Nov 10 Un Techo Para mi Pais (A roof for my country), a youth-led NGO and winner of the Scroll of Honour in 2009, won the Housing and Urban Development South-South Transfer award for mobilizing 250,000 young volunteers to build of more than 73,000 transitional housing for families in slums or affected by natural disasters, and for transferring its innovative approach to 19 countries across Latin America.


Tibaijuka appointed Minister of Housing, Tanzania
	Nairobi, 24 Nov 10 Former executive Director of UN-HABITAT, Mrs Anna Tibaijuka, has been appointed the Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements for the Republic of Tanzania. Mrs Tibaijuka retired from the UN in August this year after heading up the Human Settlements Programme, and previously the Commission for Human Settlements, for ten years. In October, she was elected unopposed to parliament in her home country of Tanzania


A new action plan for African land, housing
	Bamako, 24 Nov 10 The Third African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development closed on Wednesday with a new plan of action to tackle growing urban poverty


Population of African cities to triple
	Nairobi, 24 Nov 10 The population of African cities is set to triple over the next 40 years, warns UN-Habitat’s new report, The State of African Cities 2010: Governance, Inequalities and Urban Land Markets which was launched yesterday evening, in Bamako, Mali, during the 3rd African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD III).


Clos hails African ministerial meeting on housing and urban development
	Bamako, Mali, 23 Nov 10 UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director Joan Clos on Tuesday hailed the African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development as a powerful vehicle for promoting sustainable urban development.


A new start on urbanisation in Africa
	Bamako, Mali, 22 Nov 10 UN-HABITAT on Monday called on experts from some 53 African countries to promote a better understanding of urbanisation and its implications on the continent.


Water Operators’ Partnerships launched in South East Europe
	Nairobi, 19 Nov 10 A first set of Water Operators’ Partnerships (WOPs) have been launched in South East Europe, under the Water Operators' Partnerships-South East Europe (WOP-SEE) platform.


Clos supports a new vision for our urban future
	Nairobi, 19 Nov 10 Joan Clos, the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT this week was a key speaker at the opening of the Third Congress of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) in Mexico.

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