Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Sahle-Work Zewde, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi, to the UN-Habitat Governing Council in Nairobi today:

UN–HABITAT CELEBRATES WORLD HABITAT DAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NEW YORK’S

BATTERY PARK CITY AUTHORITY, NGO COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

 

‘CARING COMMUNITIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY – IMAGINING THE POSSIBLE’

SUBJECT OF HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE 10 FEBRUARY

LEADERS, UN DELEGATES SHOWCASE URGENT NEED TO IMPROVE DIRE URBAN LIVING

CONDITIONS WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY , ON WORLD HABITAT DAY

New Habitat for Humanity Homes Dedicated for Six Harlem Families

UN-HABITAT RESPONDS TO TSUNAMI FLASH APPEAL

 

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Second world urban forum in Barcelona 13-17 September

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United Nations bodies Meet to Make ‘Right to Housing’ Reality for asian citizens

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PROVIDING URBAN POOR WITH CLEAN WATER AND DECENT SANITATION,

FOCUS OF ANNUAL WORLD HABITAT DAY

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UN-HABITAT BEGINS SURVEY OF WAR DAMAGED HOUSING STOCK IN IRAQ

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UN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME ASSISTS IN PROVIDING SHELTER

FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IN NORTHERN IRAQ

AMMAN/NAIROBI, 15 April (UN-HABITAT) -- As the lead agency in the United Nations system for the shelter sector and in particular, for urban reconstruction and rehabilitation, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) has continued emergency assistance to new internally displaced people, IDPs, in northern Iraq.