Fukuoka, Japan, 19 Mar 09
The Government of Japan will fund a UN-HABITAT project to assist victims of the cyclone Nargis disaster in Myanmar, to the tune of USD4 million.
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.
Tehran, 15 Aug 07
At the end of a two-day visit to the Iranian capital, Mr. Daniel Biau, Director of UN-HABITAT’s Technical Co-operation Division, announced that a Disaster Mitigation Office of UN-HABITAT will start its activities in Tehran at the beginning of 2008.
Nairobi, 18 Apr 07
Voices from the corporate world, local authorities, foundations and civil society organizations at the twenty-first session of the UN-HABITAT Governing Council this week told governments that they needed to do much more to understand the plight of the urban poor and how to tackle it.
