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| Celebrating World Habitat Day from Rio to the farthest and poorest corners of the globe |
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, 6 Oct 03
From Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, to Johannesburg, South Africa, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tbilisi, Georgia, and scores of other countries around the world, World Habitat Day was celebrated with fanfare, pomp, ceremony and warnings from local and world leaders of worsening conditions in urban slums.
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| Hope rising for AIDS sufferers in Africa |
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, 25 Sept 03
AIDS sufferers in cities across sub-Sahara Africa are set to benefit from a new strategy to fight the pandemic at the city level, an international HIV/AIDS conference in Nairobi was told this week. According to a new report presented at the conference, in cities and towns where the majority of sufferers live, a new strategy a is set to make a difference.
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| From the back streets to the catwalk |
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, 15 Jul 03
Children from the slums and back streets of Nairobi swapped their everyday wear for the latest high fashion to join Miss Universe and Miss Kenya on the catwalk at a fundraising evening to highlight the plight of street children. The 12 July event was arranged as part of the Exodus Initiative of the German Foundation for World Population (DSW).
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| UN-HABITAT at the World Water Forum in Japan |
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, 11 Mar 03
UN-HABITAT will play a key role at the 3rd World Water Forum in Kyoto, Japan, to mark World Water Day on 18 March, where it will raise issues of concern about how cities cope with water management. At the opening ceremony, the agency will sign a memorandum of understanding with the Asian Development Bank aimed at forging a new Water for Asian Cities partnership similar to UN-HABITAT's highly successful Water for African Cities programme.
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