UN-HABITAT.:. Feature Stories | News

UN-Habitat

CPR Member Log-in

	Feature Stories

CALENDAR

|

|

|

Dec	\|	Nov	\|	Oct	\|	Sep
Aug	\|	Jul	\|	Jun	\|	May
Apr	\|	Mar	\|	Feb	\|	Jan

Dec	\|	Nov	\|	Oct	\|	Sep
Aug	\|	Jul	\|	Jun	\|	May
Apr	\|	Mar	\|	Feb	\|	Jan

Dec	\|	Nov	\|	Oct	\|	Sep
Aug	\|	Jul	\|	Jun	\|	May
Apr	\|	Mar	\|	Feb	\|	Jan

Dec	\|	Nov	\|	Oct	\|	Sep
Aug	\|	Jul	\|	Jun	\|	May
Apr	\|	Mar	\|	Feb	\|	Jan

Dec	\|	Nov	\|	Oct	\|	Sep
Aug	\|	Jul	\|	Jun	\|	May
Apr	\|	Mar	\|	Feb	\|	Jan

Dec	\|	Nov	\|	Oct	\|	Sep
Aug	\|	Jul	\|	Jun	\|	May
Apr	\|	Mar	\|	Feb	\|	Jan

Dec	\|	Nov	\|	Oct	\|	Sep
Aug	\|	Jul	\|	Jun	\|	May
Apr	\|	Mar	\|	Feb	\|	Jan

Dec	\|	Nov	\|	Oct	\|	Sep
Aug	\|	Jul	\|	Jun	\|	May
Apr	\|	Mar	\|	Feb	\|	Jan

Dec	\|	Nov	\|	Oct	\|	Sep
Aug	\|	Jul	\|	Jun	\|	May
Apr	\|	Mar	\|	Feb	\|	Jan

Dec	\|	Nov	\|	Oct	\|	Sep
Aug	\|	Jul	\|	May	\|	Apr
Mar	\|	Feb	\|	Jan

News

Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11-15 Next	display 10 \| 20 \| 30 \| 40 \| 50 \| All \| titles per page
51 - 60 of 147 titles


The passing of a giant – Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai
	Nairobi, Kenya, 26 Sept 11 The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Wangari Maathai of Kenya, died overnight at a Nairobi hospital. Her organization, the Green Belt Movement, said Wangari had been undergoing cancer treatment. She was 71.


Housing for Africa
	Rabat, Morocco, 25 Sept 11 The 12 Bureau Members of the African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD) are seeking the establishment of a permanent secretariat to be hosted by Kenya.


Water for Kenya slum residents
	Nairobi, Kenya, 23 Sept 11 UN-HABITAT and the embassy of Malta this week opened a new water supply and treatment plant to provide clean, affordable drinking water for some 4,000 people living in an informal settlement not far from the agency's global headquarters.


UN-HABITAT, partners hold consultative leadership workshop for Vietnamese Province
	Tam Ky, Vietnam , 21 Sept 11 A three day Consultative Leadership Workshop for the Quang Nam Provincial Development Strategy was recently held in Tam Ky City.


Regional exchange platform unveiled for ACP countries
	Accra, Ghana, 21 Sept 11 Cities participating in the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP) will benefit from a series of regional exchange forums seen as a concrete step towards the actualization of repeated requests for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to tap into each other's potential and experience. FRENCH


Housing, shelter, climate change top Latin America, Caribbean agenda
	Asuncion, Paraguay, 19 Sept 11 Ministers and senior officials from Latin America and the Caribbean MINURVI group last week brought climate change and housing issues to the top of their agenda in preparation for a series of major international and regional meetings.


Port cities under the microscope
	Rotterdam, 15 Sept 11 Mayors and senior local government officials from Africa, Asia and Latin America gathered for the first “Shelter Academy” held 13-15 September 2011 held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.


Statement on the advisory group on forced evictions press conference
	Nairobi, Kenya, 14 Sept 11 UN-HABITAT has been approached by several media and journalists enquiring about the launching of a report produced for the Advisory Group on Forced Evictions to the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, known as AGFE on April 2009.


UN-HABITAT and UNODC release guidelines to help prevent crime in urban areas.
	Nairobi, Kenya, 14 Sept 11 Under the Safer Cities Program, UNODC and UNHABITAT have issued a handbook to help prevent crime in cities and towns.


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.

Site Map | Site Directory | Contact Us | Feedback | Terms & Conditions | Fraud and scam alert