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| Senegalese Hip Hop artist D J Awadi made UN-HABITAT “Messenger of Truth” |
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Nairobi, 8 Jun 05
Didier Awadi, one of Francophone Africa's most prominent rap artists, and winner of the 2003 Radio France International ‘World Music Award', has been nominated as a UN-HABITAT “Messenger of Truth” for his contribution to raising awareness among African youth of the commitments made by the Heads of State to achieving the Millennium Development Goals which aim to halve world wide poverty by 2015. On behalf of the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, Mrs. Anna Kajumolo Tibaijuka, and Kenya 's Minister for Local Government, Hon. Musikari Kombo, presented a certificate to Didier Awadi at a ceremony at the Alliance Francaise in Nairobi.
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| UN-HABITAT trains the first group of the newly elected Mayors in the occupied Palestinian territories |
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Nairobi, 19 May 05
UN-HABITAT, through its Special Human Settlements Programme for the Palestinian People, is organizing, in cooperation with the Association of Palestinian Local Authorities (APLA) and the Ismailia Association of Environment and Development Training Center, a Training of Trainers and a Pilot Workshop on Leadership and Management Skills for newly elected Palestinian Mayors in Ismailia, Egypt, during the period 14 –26 May 2005. H.E. Mr. Khaled Qawasmei, Minister of Local Government, Palestinian National Authority, and H.E. Mr. Fouad Saad Eldin, Governor of Ismailia, will honour the opening ceremony of the Workshop on 20 May 2005 . The participants include 13 Trainers and 21 newly elected Mayors from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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| The future of cities |
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Berlin, 16 May 05
UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, joined the President of Germany, Mr. Horst Köhler, the Berlin Mayor Mr. Klaus Wowereit, Mr. Gérald Tremblay, the Mayor of Montreal, UNEP Executive Director Mr. Klaus Topfer, and Mr. Joan Clos, President of Metropolis and Mayor of Barcelona, to discuss the future of cities at the 8th World Congress of Metropolis in Berlin last week.
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| Long-term tsunami reconstruction |
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Medan, Indonesia, 5 May 05
"Once the humanitarian crisis is over, the cameras tend to leave just as the real hard work starts. I have therefore come to Banda Aceh and Nias at this critical time to see for myself how UN-HABITAT can help with the transition from relief to reconstruction,"Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, said during a visit to the region this week. "I am particularly pleased to be here at the same time as the launch of the Indonesian Government’s Blue Print for Reconstruction and Rehabilitation in order to see how we can support the national government in implementing their plans."
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