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- Philippines: Legazpi City receives washable masks from the people of Kumamoto
- UN-Habitat and UK hold dialogue on changing weather in India
- Celebrating UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration-World Environment Day 2021- UN Habitat Launched Waste Wise Cities Tool in Pakistan
- UN-Habitat Sudan Receives USD 810,000 from Japan to support Peaceful IDP returns to South Darfur, Sudan
- 2021 Asian townscape Awards: Call for Applications
- CityNet, UN-Habitat to kick start KOICA-funded, three-year capacity building project on affordable housing this year!
- UN-Habitat launched project to adapt to climate change impacts for vulnerable communities in Pakistan
- UN-Habitat and Adaptation Fund forging partnership with the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam – Inception Workshop for launching the project
- Philippines: Urban Resilience Investment Forum concluded with strengthened linkages on climate finance
- Fiji Prime Minister receives UN ‘Champion of the Earth Award‘
- Flood victims in Lao PDR benefit from Japanese funded housing and water supply
- Myanmar: “World Cities Day” Event jointly held by Ministry of Construction and UN-Habitat
- Pacific Partnership for the New Urban Agenda
- India hosts webinar on integrating health in urban planning
- UN-Habitat China and partners in Wuhan share COVID-19 response experiences
- Former slum dwellers in Myanmar’s largest city enjoy new housing
- Pacific Youth encouraged to claim their rights to participation and leadership!
- UN-Habitat concludes a Webinar on Landfill Remediation towards adoption of Fukuoka Method in India
- Courtesy meeting with the Association of Siamese Architects (ASA) on mainstreaming “Leaving No One Behind” in Thailand
- World Habitat Day Special Art Project - “MANY THANKS”Call for Submissions
- 2020 Asian Townscape Awards: Call for Applications
- Building resilience by pursuing climate actions for achieving sustainable development: UN-Habitat and Adaptation Fund forging partnership with the Government of Lao PDR
- Over 200 families in Cambodia affected by 2018 flooding receive housing with Japanese funding
- Nepal: Local Production of Safety Materials – COVID-19:
- Maintaining hygiene and preparedness for fight against COVID-19 in Nepal
- UN-Habitat organizes community awareness training on COVID-19 in Cambodia
- Myanmar Climate Change Alliance to start 2nd Phase of the Programme
- Japan provides an additional $3.6 million for UN-Habitat’s Reconstruction and Peacebuilding Programme in Iraq
- Myanmar: Public hand-washing stations to combat Covid-19 in Sittwe, Rakhine State
- Local and regional leaders showcase the value of public services to respond to the COVID-19 crisis
- President of the UN General Assembly visits informal settlements under UN-Habitat’s Adaptation Fund project on his first mission to Fiji
- First Cambodia Urban Forum to discuss key urban priorities towards smart, sustainable and inclusive cities
- UN-Habitat concludes a Regional Workshop on SDG11 in New Delhi, India
- Thailand local governments commit to implement the New Urban Agenda to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
- UN-Habitat guides organic regeneration in Changsha Kaifu District
- The Rehabilitation and Stabilization of Htein Bin Dumpsite Commenced
- UN-Habitat and China host the 3rd Chengdu Forum for Green Development
- China: Eco-restoration in cities after the mines close: green urban development is a key principle to accelerate investment.
- President of Myanmar HE U Win Myint announces national environment and climate change policies to mark World Environment Day 2019
- Japan’s Contribution to improving Urban Basic Services in Kabul City
- 2019 Asian Townscape Awards: Call for Applications
- India: Masons Training on Disaster Resilient Construction Practices in Idukki District, Kerala (PDF 585KB)
- India: Masons Training on Disaster Resilient Construction Practices in Wayanad District, Kerala (PDF 249KB)
- Government of Japan supports recovery efforts in Lao PDR
- Government of Japan supports recovery and strengthens resilience of flood victims in Cambodia
- A Study Tour of University Students from Fukuoka to UN-Habitat Myanmar
- Japan supports UN-Habitat with USD 800,000 for emergency shelter and to rehabilitate housing for vulnerable in Yemen
- Myanmar: Ongoing UN and Japan Cooperation on Rakhine extended in 2019 to also support communities in Kachin and Shan (PDF 198KB)
- Philippines: After heavy fighting destroyed their city, Filipino families come together for ground breaking at the site of their new homes
- Japan provides support to urgently improve rubbish management in Yangon City, Myanmar
- Sudan: Joint Press Release: UN-Habitat Sudan Receives USD 700,000 from Japan to Support Peaceful IDP Returns to South Darfur, Sudan (PDF 95KB)
- Sri Lanka: Second Set of Houses Constructed through the Indian Housing Project Handed Over to Estate Families in Nuwara Eliya
- 2018 International Placemaking Week (Wuhan, China)
- UN-Habitat and Wuhan City ended 2018 in China with launching the China Placemaking Network
- UN-Habitat and Partners hold National Consultation Workshop: “Towards a National Urban Policy for Myanmar”
- Launch of the State of Sri Lankan Cities – 2018 Report
- Iraq: UN-Habitat Continues Rehabilitation of Severely Damaged Houses in West Mosul Under Its Community-Based Urban Recovery Programme (PDF 391KB)
- Celebrating Empowered Communities and Urban October 2018 activities in Thailand (PDF 708KB)
- Myanmar: UN-Habitat hands over the Japan funded Yoma Housing Project n Yangon
- Key actors gather to foster implementation of Myanmar’s national climate change policy
- International planning experts promote Planning Guidelines in Japan and China
- Sri Lanka: First Set of Houses Constructed Through the Indian Housing Project in Plantation Areas Handed Over to Estate Families in Nuwara Eliya
- Sri Lanka: “Greening” Plantation Settlements in Nuwara Eliya District
- Asian-Pacific City Summit discuss sustainability
- UN-HABITAT 2018 International Urban Design Student Competition
- Myanmar: Handing Over of Multi-purposed Cyclone Shelter in Labutta
- UN-Habitat and Myanmar Partners discuss priorities areas of action in the National Urban Policy Framework.
- Sri Lanka: UN-Habitat Conducts Job Fair for Youth in the Nuwara Eliya District
- Sri Lanka: UN-Habitat Supports Disaster Risk Reduction Initiatives in Nuwara Eliya District with Funding from KOICA
- Parliamentarians of Myanmar inaugurated Road renovation under the Japan funded project implemented by UN-Habitat
- Call for Proposals: Community-based climate vulnerability assessments and climate action plans Fiji
- Myanmar: Handing Over Ceremony for European Union funded Multi-Purpose Flood Shelter & Emergency Water tank and Concrete Drainage
- UN-Habitat Supports Plantation Communities to Obtain their Basic Legal Documents
- Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Sri Lanka Officially Opens Community Infrastructure Initiatives Implemented by UN-Habitat in Nuwara Eliya District.
- 2018 Asian Townscape Awards: Call for Applications
- Japan grants UN-Habitat USD 10 million for Marawi peacebuilding project
- Study visit of university students from Fukuoka to UN-Habitat, Myanmar
- Afghanistan launches an Innovative Land Management Initiative: Occupancy Certificates for Residents of Informal Urban Areas
- Engaging CBOs to Implement Relief Projects in Sri Lanka through a Participatory Process
- Women are Contributing to Afghan Safer Cities, Peace and Community Development with the Support of the Netherlands and Switzerland
- Sri Lanka Celebrates World Habitat Day 2017 "Housing Policies: Affordable Homes" in Matara (PDF 154KB)
- 8th Asian Townscape Awards Ceremony was held in Yinchuan, China (PDF 245KB)
- “One Stop Youth Center for Peace and Development” in Gureii, Juba officially launched with the support of Japan (PDF 57KB)
- UN-Habitat to provide housing to war veterans as part of peace building efforts in South Sudan (PDF 27KB)
- UN-Habitat and Fukuoka Partners reaffirms their commitments to support the activities of ROAP
- Government hands over housing units to the Poorest and most Vulnerable families in Myanmar.
- Sri Lanka: Japanese Ambassador Opens New School Building in Mannar District
- Government and Urban Stakeholders Aim to Build Climate Resiliency through Urban Plans and Designs
- Iraq: UN-Habitat Welcomes Generous Contribution from the Government of Japan to Continue Provision of Shelter and Urban Recovery to Support Vulnerable IDPs and Returnees (PDF 175KB)
- Pakistan: Provincial governments express support to get accurate knowledge of urbanization (PDF 332KB)
- 2017 Asian Townscape Awards: Call for Submissions
- Government of Solomon Islands formally launches Honiara Urban Resilience and Climate Action Plan
- Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Visits UN-Habitat Housing Project Site in Nuwara Eliya District (PDF 562KB)
- UN-Habitat and Relief and Resettlement Department Sign Memorandum of Understanding
- University Students from Fukuoka study UN-Habitat projects in Myanmar
- Kabul launches Clean and Green Cities in Nahias 1 and 2
- Sri Lanka’s Mannar District gets new learning spaces
- Adaptation Fund and UN-Habitat mitigate climate change challenges in Lao PDR
- Afghanistan: Japan will provide 3. 3 million USD grant to support the Project for City Resilience
- UN-Habitat and partners hold workshop on spaces
- Sri Lanka: UN-Habitat launches Human Development Initiative Project
- South Sudan: 200,000 IDPs and their hosts take over basic service facilities such as water, sanitation, flood control and agricultural materials from Japan and UN-Habitat
- USD 2 Million grant from KOICA to improve living conditions in Sri Lanka
- Skewed growth, returnees and poverty top agenda as Afghanistan holds National Urban Conference
- UN-Habitat and Myanmar sign MoU to support impoverished communities
- Iraq: Support to Promote Urban Recovery in newly liberated areas Renovation of Anbar University’s residential units in Ramadi(PDF 70KB)
- Myanmar Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments and Training
- Government of Afghanistan issues occupancy certificates to strengthen tenure security
- World Habitat Day 2016 in India
- World Habitat Day in Myanmar
- Iraq: Delivery of IDP Shelter Site in Aeon Missan, Missan Governorate (PDF 49KB)
- UN-Habitat, ADB and partners launch climate resilience project
- UN-Habitat and Sri Lanka strengthen cooperation
- UN-Habitat Commences Housing Project for Estate Workers in Nuwara Eliya District with Indian Government Funding(PDF 361KB)
- Government and partners plan ‘State of Pakistan Cities’Report’
- Vietnam commits to green growth and climate change resilience
- Afghanistan president challenges the youth to tackle corruption
- Launch of the Atlas for Afghan City Regions 2016
- Advancing UN-Habitat’s collaboration with China: Clos visits Beijing, Shanghai
- Singapore: Mayors renew their commitments towards liveable and sustainable cities
- Pilot Project launched for Improved Urban Public Spaces in China
- Milestone report on “Sanitation, Drinking water and Health in Pacific Island countries” reveals troubling information
- Iraq: To Support Displaced Youth from Fallujah: Inauguration of Temporary Premises of Fallujah University (Dorms and Classrooms) in Abu Ghraib, Baghdad(PDF 51KB)
- UN-Habitat sets up field office in its new Kenyan refugee project site
- Korea-Vietnam Community Art Exchange Project launched
- Myanmar: Celebration of the World Environment Day 5 June 2016
- UN-Habitat Signs Agreement with the Government of India to Implement the Indian Housing Project in Sri Lanka’s Central and Uva Provinces(PDF 490KB)
- Afghanistan’s Urban National Priority Program reaches an important milestone
- Foundation stone laid for Japan funded Myanmar low cost housing project
- 2016 Asian Townscape Awards: Call for Submissions
- Closure of UN-Habitat Information and Dissemination Office in Chennai, India
- Iraq: Inauguration of New IDP Shelter Site in Darkar Ajam, Dohuk Governorate, to Accommodate More Than 4,800 IDPs(PDF 105KB)
- Japan lends a helping hand to UN-Habitat project for ethnic communities in Myanmar
- “Urban Equity and Youth Development” Workshops in Mongolia
- Afghanistan completes national workshops on urban priority programme
- Asian-Pacific Children’s Convention (APCC) in FUKUOKA Students Group Visits UN-Habitat Project Sites in Sri Lanka(PDF 223KB)
- Iraq: Delivery of IDP Shelter Site in Kerbala and Launch of two UN-Habitat projects in Iraq funded by the Government of Japan(PDF 49KB)
- Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology won the Water for Pakistan Football Tournament by UN-Habitat and UNICEF on World Water Day 2016
- Mongolia National Urban Forum 2016 – Green Development
- UN-Habitat launches the second Kabul Metropolitan Conference
- Calls for People-Centred Local Action at Resilient Cities Conference, Asia-Pacific
- Myanmar hosts climate change meeting
- New UN-Habitat project in Kenya receives Japanese funding
- Environmentally sustainable cities, SDG implementation, New Urban Agenda under spotlight in Hanoi
- Funding from the Government of Japan for Two New Projects to be implemented by UN-Habitat Iraq Programme: “Gender-sensitive Durable Shelter Support for Internally Displaced Persons in Iraq” and “Promoting Urban Recovery in Newly Liberated Areas in Iraq” (PDF 64KB)
- UN-Habitat Launches the International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning and the State of the Asian & Pacific Cities 2015 Report in Sri Lanka(PDF 458KB)
- Vietnam’s city hosts an international workshop on tourism
- Embassy of Japan, UN-Habitat, & MHI celebrated Completion Ceremony of their project “Temporary Dislocated People of North Waziristan Agency living among host communities in 3 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkwa Province”in Pakistan
- UN-Habitat hosts youth discussion on urban youth and equity in Asia-Pacific
- Outcomes report: The premier Asia-Pacific Urban Youth Assembly at APUF-6 (APUFY) in Jakarta, Indonesia, 17-18 October 2015
- Afghanistan holds 'Inclusive Cities Week' to network communities from regional hub cities and Kabul
- Pakistan: DG PDMA KPK inaugurated the Multi-Hazard Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Capacity Building Workshop in Peshawar
- Nepal's Prime Minister launches the reconstruction campaign and witnesses the signing of collaboration with UN-Habitat.
- Green and Smart Initiatives for Quy Nhon Development
- Afghanistan holds national urban conference
- Japanese Ambassador Visits UN-Habitat Infrastructure Project in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province
- Premier Asia-Pacific Urban Youth Assembly (APUFY) launched in Jakarta
- Local, Provincial and National Governments Unite to Tackle Port Vila’s Climate Resilience
- UN-Habitat Completes 16,000 Houses under Government of India’s Grant Assistance in the North of Sri Lanka
- Celebrating ‘Public Spaces for All’ in Nepal
- Sri Lanka Celebrates World Habitat Day 2015 with a National Event in Colombo
- UN-Habitat and Government of Japan Support over 180,000 People to Rebuild Community Infrastructure Facilities in the North of Sri Lanka.
- European Union and UN-Habitat sign an agreement on Afghanistsan’s Municipal Governance Support Programme
- Launch of the State of Afghan Cities Report 2015
- Vietnam: Hanoi seminar explores community arts and the living space
- Vietnamese city Quy Nhon holds a training workshop on development strategy
- UN-Habitat promotes sustainable urban planning and development in Myanmar
- Urban challenges emerging one month after Nepal earthquake
- Japan and UN-Habitat to provide shelter support in Nepal before and during monsoon
- 2015 Asian Townscape Awards: Call for Submissions
- Myanmar proposes a vision for a climate resilient, low-carbon and resource efficient development
- Government of Japan gives USD 51 million for UN-Habitat executed projects in Asia, Arab States and Africa
- UN-Habitat to Assist Poor and Vulnerable Communities in Myanmar with Funding Support from the Government of Japan
- Government of Japan Provides US$ 4.2 Million to Improve the Learning Environment in Sri Lanka’s Mannar District
- Seismic Hazard Assessment for Yangon City launched in Myanmar
- Indonesia Gathers Inputs on New Urban Agenda towards High Level Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting for Habitat III
- Urban Development and Housing Hits High in the Government’s Development Agenda in Myanmar
- Expert Group propose International Guidelines to shape the Sustainable Development of Cities
- Official Launch of the State of Afghan Cities Programme 2014/2015
- Sri Lanka: The Urban Development Authority and UN-Habitat Jointly Organise a Workshop on Urban Resilience
- Sri Lanka: UN-Habitat Launches Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness Plans for Four Cities in the North and East with Funding from the Government of Australia
- Indonesia: Indonesia Prepares its National Report for Habitat III
- Sri Lanka: Government of Japan Supports Pre-School Education in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province with UN-Habitat and Save the Children Japan
- Afghanistan: UN-Habitat Convenes Urban Planning Workshop in Kabul in Response to the Rapid Growth of Cities across Afghanistan
- Philippines: UN-Habitat and partners kick off post-Haiyan shelter project with the completion of its first resilient corehouse
- Sri Lanka: Coca-Cola – UN-Habitat partnership supports over 1,600 residents in Killinochchi district with access to fresh water
- Afghanistan: Online Platform Launched to Track the Impact of Programming in Municipalities
- Myanmar: Climate Change at the Heart of Myanmar’s Policy Development Agenda
- Philippines: Philippines broadly engages urban stakeholders in preparing Habitat III National Report
- Indonesia: UN‐Habitat and the Government Vow for Sustainable Urbanization
- UN-Habitat signs LOA for the implementation of Land Management and Administration Programme (LAMP)with the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation of the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
- 2014 Asian Townscape Awards: Call for Submissions
- Support from people of Japan to empower Haiyan-affected communities
- Sri Lanka: International Conference on Post Emergency Shelter Reconstruction Now Underway in Colombo
- Government of Japan Provides Additional Funding of US$ 3.7 million for Community Infrastructure and Livelihood Improvement in the North and East of Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka: Japanese Ambassador Visits UN-Habitat Infrastructure Project Locations in the North of Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka: Australian Government Funding for Disaster Resilient Urban Planning and Development Units for Local Authorities in Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya
- Conference Announcement: Restoring Communities through 'Home-Owner-Driven' Reconstruction: from Post-Emergency to Development
Colombo, Sri Lanka – 24-25 March, 2014
- Myanmar: Government Announces Formation of High Level Committee on Climate Change (PDF 2.4MB)
- Philippines: UN-Habitat extends assistance to communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan
- Australian Prime Minister Meets UN-Habitat Housing Beneficiaries in Sri Lanka
- UN-Habitat hits the ground running after super typhoon hits Philippines
- The Asia-Pacific Issue Brief Series on Urbanization and Climate Change
- Building a Foundation for the Future: Ambassador of the European Union Visits Housing Beneficiaries in the North of Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka: Australia supports UN-Habitat to make Balangoda, Batticaloa, Ratnapura and Kalmunai resilient to disasters
- UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific at the EcoMobility World Festival of the Suwon City, South Korea
- Sri Lanka: Breaking Traditional Barriers: Women Train as Masons and Carpenters in Sri Lanka's Northern Province
- The Urban Resource Center official opening and the Provisional Myanmar National Building Code handed-over to Ministry of Construction
- Interactive Training Workshop on Pro-poor, Urban Climate Resilience
- European Union Parliamentarians Visit Housing Beneficiaries in Sri Lanka's Northern Province
- Vietnam: Story from Quang Nam Green Growth Investment Forum
- Afghan Cities Sign Up for Resilient Cities
- Australian funding to make more Sri Lankan towns resilient to disasters
- Japan Provides Grant Assistance through UN-Habitat for Development and Rehabilitation of Communities in Ethnic Minority Areas in Myanmar
- Sri Lanka: Launch of Housing Project for Returnee Families in the North and East with funding from EU, AusAID and SDC
- Japan Supports Rehabilitation of Community Infrastructure and Facilities in Conflict Affected Areas in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka through UN-Habitat
- Government of Japan supports Government of Afghanistan through UN-Habitat to strengthen decentralization policy in attaining sustainable urban development
- Sri Lanka: Eight Houses Completed by Home Owners within Six Months under the Indian Housing Project
- Sri Lanka: Australian Members of Parliament Visit Housing Project in Killinochchi District
- Sri Lanka: Housing Support for Four Thousand Families in the North and East with Funding from the European Union, Australian and Swiss Governments.
- Turning Sri Lanka's Urban Vision into Policy and Action
- Government of India partners with UN-Habitat to Reconstruct 16,800 Permanent Houses for Conflict Affected Families
- Dr. Joan Clos signs the 4th Memorandum of Understanding with Fukuoka Local Partners which supports Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
- UN-Habitat signs MOU with Myanmar Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement
- Australian High Commissioner Visits Housing Project in the North
- Reconstruction of Three Thousand War Damaged Houses Under Way in Northern Sri Lanka with Funding from the European Union, the Australian Government, the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation
- UN-HABITAT supports establishment of the Urban Research and Development Institute (URDI) in Myanmar
- UNESCAP Pacific Office in association with UN HABITAT and the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF)
Mobilizing Action on Urban Issues in the Pacific (PDF 60KB)
- Photo Essay: Shelter Support to Conflict Affected IDPs in the North of Sri Lanka
- Former Mayor of Kigali, Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, New UN-HABITAT Deputy Executive Director
- Thailand: World Habitat Day 2011: Cities and Climate Change
- UN-HABITAT supported APHF-3 "Sustainable Shelter in Age of Climate Change & Disasters"
- UN-HABITAT signs new safer settlements agreement with Myanmar
- The State of Asian Cities 2010/2011
- UN-HABITAT Extends Its Permenant Housing Support Programme in Northern Sri Lanka: 4,400 More Families to be Assited
- Japan gives generous funding of $45 million for flood affectees
- UN-HABITAT launches peace building programme in Afghanistan
- Six months after the Pakistan Floods in 2010
- Visit to Mr. Soichiro Takashima, the new Mayor of Fukuoka City, by Mr. Toshi Noda, Director of ROAP, UN-HABITAT
- On 18 October 2010, Mr. Joan Clos assumed office as the new Executive Director of UN-HABITAT.
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