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The world we want – UN-Habitat in Vietnam
	Hanoi, 22 Jan 13 UN-Habitat this month led a joint United Nations consultative group in Vietnam to understand better the aspirations, problems and opportunities of the urban poor in the cities of Hanoi and Danang.


Joining hands on the critical role of cities ahead of Rio + 20
	Nairobi, 20 Feb 12 UN-Habitat Executive Director Dr. Joan Clos on Monday hailed the joint collaboration of UN-Habitat and its sister agency, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) now celebrating its 40th anniversary.


UN-Habitat teams up with Myanmar at brand new urban institute
	Yangon, 20 Jan 12 The Union Minister of Construction, U Khin Maung Myint Friday opened Myanmar’s first Urban Research and Development Institute (URDI) to help local and national authorities ensure a better urban future for country.


UN-HABITAT signs new safer cities agreement with Myanmar
	Nay Pyi Daw, Myanmar, 12 Sept 11 UN-HABITAT this week signed a new safer cities agreement with the Union Government of Myanmar designed to provide disaster resilient and safer settlements in the southeast Asian nation.


Myanmar cyclone funding shortfall
	Yangon, 2 Feb 11 The United Nations said this week it was growing concerned that a shortfall in funding cyclone recovery in Myanmar would render some communities unnecessarily vulnerable ahead of the coming monsoon season.


Two years after Myanmar cyclone, an aid shortfall
	Yangon, Myanmar, 30 Apr 10 Two years after Cyclone Nargis ravaged Myanmar claiming more than 140,000 lives and leaving some 2.4 million survivors in need of emergency food, housing and other assistance, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator said that just a quarter of the funds pledged had been received.


Improving water delivery in Asia
	Bangkok, 16 Feb 10 USAID’s ECO-Asia project, a regional environmental programme based in Thailand, is offering grants of up to USD 10,000 to any private organization, NGO or academic institutions working in countries eligible for USAID that can demonstrate how they can improve water services in the region.


Shelter problems still persist after Myanmar cyclone
	Rangoon, 10 Feb 10 More than one year since the devastating Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar, shelter provision for the victims still remains a huge challenge, UN-HABITAT says.


UN agencies worried at poor urban planning, pollution in Pacific countries
	Fukuoka, 10 Dec 09 UN agencies this week said they were concerned at the lack of progress in addressing planning, housing, sanitation, waste management and environmental pollution in urban areas of countries in the Pacific. They raised the alarm after a series of fact-finding missions.


Peter Swan: Remembering a valued colleague
	Nairobi, Kenya, 1 Dec 08 UN-HABITAT regrets to announce the passing of Mr. Peter Swan. An Australian national born in 1946, he suffered a heart attack at his adoptive home in Bangkok, Thailand on 23 November, 2008. Mr. Swan joined the agency in 1989 as officer in charge of its information division. During this period he was responsible for all video presentations at the Habitat II ‘City Summit’ in Istanbul.From 1995 to 1998 he served in Bangkok, as Coordinator of the Community Development Programme for Asia, before assuming responsibility for UN-HABITAT’s Cambodia programme in Phnom Penh.

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