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Inter-regional conference on urban-rural linkages opens in Nairobi
	Nairobi, Kenya, 1 Oct 04 An inter-regional conference on urban-rural linkages opened in Nairobi on Friday with Kenya’s Vice-President, Mr. Moody Awori, and UN-HABITAT Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka calling for mutually inclusive development plans for towns and rural areas.


Private Sector Urged to Invest in Slums
	Barcelona, 17 Sept 04 Dennis Shea, the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, yesterday stressed the need to harness private sector resources to meet the needs of the urban poor. He added that while national and local governments were willing to put in equity in the form of land for slum upgrading, commercial capital was still not easily available.Shea was speaking to participants attending a dialogue on Urban Resources, which is being held as part of the Second World Urban in Barcelona . Panellists, including representatives of national and local governments, community-based organizations and financial institutions, gave examples of capital mobilization from the private sector to meet the needs of slum dwellers. In Johannesburg , South Africa , for instance, municipal bonds are being issued to fund basic services in slums.


Dialogue on the urban poor: improving the lives of slum dwellers
	Barcelona, 15 Sept 04 “Suppose there was considerably more donor funding available, say a further 10-20 billion dollars a year on the way - how can it be used to improve access to services and empower the urban poor?”


East African Ministers and UN-HABITAT Launch Lake Victoria Region Water and Sanitation Initiative
	Stockholm, 16 Aug 04 Rapid urbanization and poorly maintained water and sanitation systems in towns bordering Lake Victoria are severely impacting the quality of water in Africa’s biggest lake, Anna Tibaijuka, the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, said today.


Global Parliamentarians on Habitat gear up for Barcelona
	Brussels, 30 May 04 The European chapter of the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat has announced plans to participate at the UN-HABITAT World Urban Forum in Barcelona in September.


UN-HABITAT urges greater economic role for African cities
	Dakar, Senegal (PANA), 18 May 04 Alioune Badiane, Director of the Regional Office of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) for Africa and Arab countries, has urged African countries to restructure their urban centres and improve their economic activities.


Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka invited to be a member of Blair's Commission for Africa
	London, 4 May 04 The British Prime Minister Tony Blair has established a new Commission for Africa comprising 17 internationally known figures who will report to the Group of Eight summit of industrialised nations in July next year in a fresh bid for change.


New UN-HABITAT focal point at the African Union
	Nairobi, 14 Apr 04 UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, has mandated the Sierra Leone ambassador to Ethiopia, Mr. Melvin H. Chalobah, to be UN-HABITAT’s focal point to the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.


Japan assists UN-HABITAT rehabilitation in Iraq
	Nairobi, 31 Mar 04 UN-HABITAT’s activities in Iraq, received a boost when the Government of Japan announced today that, along with other UN agencies, three of UN-HABITAT’s projects will receive earmarked financial support as part of the US$ 360 million deposited by the Japanese Government into the UN Development Group Iraq Trust Fund on 26th March 2004.


UN HABITAT and UNESCAP join forces to improve living conditions of urban poor in Asia
	Bangkok, 26 Feb 04 UN-HABITAT and UNESCAP signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday, 26 February 2004 in a bid to ensure that the two organizations work more effectively towards reducing urban poverty in Asia. The Bangkok-based United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) is the regional arm of the UN Secretariat in Asia and the Pacific.

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