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New envoys to UN-HABITAT from Eritrea and Zambia
	Nairobi, 5 Dec 07 Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN-HABITAT on Wednesday received the credentials of two new Permanent Representatives, Mr. Salih Omer Abdu of Eritrea, and his Zambian counterpart, Ms. Christina Msadabwe.


Experts mull urban planning
	Rome, Italy, 30 Nov 07 Some 40 experts gathered in Rome at the end of last year to deliberate on issues affecting urban planning.


Fourth Web for Development conference
	Nairobi, 29 Nov 07 Experts from around the world gathered at UN-HABITAT headquarters in Nairobi this week for the fourth session of the Web for Development conference.


Asian Development Bank, UN-HABITAT hand over new homes to disaster survivors
	Nias, Indonesia,, 29 Nov 07 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and UN-HABITAT this week handed over 486 new homes to survivors of two disasters that left a trail of destruction in the region.


Rebuilding Lebanon – UN-HABITAT reports back to Cyprus
	Beirut, 20 Nov 07 A UN-HABITAT project team in Lebanon helping rebuild the living environment in 21 towns around the country recently briefed the Cypriot Foreign Minister, Mrs. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, on progress in a post-conflict rehabilitation programme for which the Development Assistance Agency of the Republic of Cyprus (Cyprusaid) has provided 500,000 euros through UN-HABITAT.


Training for better cities in Nigeria
	Abuja, 20 Nov 07 UN-HABITAT conducted an urban management course for Nigerian ministers, municipal officials and other experts last week to help 12 specially selected cities improve their urban governance as part of a programme finance by the Urban Development Bank of Nigeria. The idea is to conduct rapid surveys in each city aimed at helping them identify problem areas and then finding the best solutions.


Cities and climate change – a UN-HABITAT perspective for key European decision makers
	Lisbon, 15 Nov 07 UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, warned a meeting of European leaders and experts last week that they had to get to grips with the link between cities and climate change.


Executive Director delivers keynote address to Commonwealth youth forum
	Entebbe,, 14 Nov 07 UN-HABITAT's Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka addressed the opening session of the Commonwealth Youth Forum on 14 November prior to the 2007 beinnial gathering in Uganda of Commonwealth Heads of Government. In a keynote address, she called on young people to press their leaders for more resources for youth progammes.


UN Secretary General assists young people in African slum
	Nairobi, 12 Nov 07 A group of 30 young people drawn from Kenya’s largest slum of Kibera last week held talks at UN-HABITAT headquarters in Nairobi last week to explore ways of helping their colleagues benefit from slum upgrading and construction programmes with funds made available by UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon through the Pony Chung Scholarship Foundation.


UN-HABITAT bags awards for its work in Serbia
	Nis, 8 Nov 07 For the second time in as many years, UN-HABITAT last week was awarded two prestigious prizes at the 16th edition of the Serbian Salon of Urbanism.

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