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Kabul Gets New District Offices  
Kabul, Afghanistan, 21 Aug 04
Until recently, most of the District Offices in Kabul Municipality were either dilapidated or non-existent. Now, thanks to support provided by UN-HABITAT, 11 of the 17 districts in the city have an office. Mayor Ghulam Sakhi Noorzad inaugurated the newest of these offices – in District 17 – on 17 August 2004. Construction of another office in District 16 is expected to be completed later this month.
UN-HABITAT Launches Water for Asian Cities Programme in Madhya Pradesh  
Bhopal, 19 Aug 04
Six cities in the State of Madhya Pradesh in India are to benefit from an Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan of US$ 200 million, which will go towards improving the water and sanitation sector in these cities.
Housing and social integration programme starts in Serbia  
Belgrade, 17 Aug 04
UN-HABITAT on Tuesday announced that it had signed agreements with the Serbian cities of Kragujevac and Nis to begin implementation of a new social and housing integration programme for tens of thousands of war refugees and other vulnerable people in Serbia. Under a “quick start” initiative building will begin in October.
East African Ministers and UN-HABITAT Launch Lake Victoria Region Water and Sanitation Initiative  
Stockholm, 16 Aug 04
Rapid urbanization and poorly maintained water and sanitation systems in towns bordering Lake Victoria are severely impacting the quality of water in Africa’s biggest lake, Anna Tibaijuka, the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, said today.
Getting the carriages out, Cuban-style  
Bayamo-Cuba, 20 Jul 04
The Cuban city of Bayamo, facing a growing local public transport problem, has found an unusual solution: bringing back horse-drawn carriages of a French vintage first used in Bayamo at the beginning of the last century
New housing and social integration programme gets underway for Serbian refugees  
Belgrade, 13 Jul 04
UN-HABITAT on Tuesday announced the launch of a major new housing and social integration programme for tens of thousands of war refugees and other vulnerable people in Serbia with financial support from the Italian Government.
UN-HABITAT to play stronger humanitarian role  
Nairobi, 14 Jun 04
UN-HABITAT has been invited to participate as a full member of the UN’s Executive Committee for Humanitarian Affairs (ECHA) in a move that will strengthen its work in countries recovering from conflict or natural disasters like Afghanistan, Kosovo, Liberia, or Haiti and enable the agency to cooperate more closely with major UN bodies involved in humanitarian work around the world.
Promoting water as a human right – a new international convention in the making  
Barcelona, 1 Jun 04
The former Soviet leader, Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev, who is President of the Green Cross, agreed in bilateral talks with UN-HABITAT Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, to work jointly to promote an new international convention on water as a basic human right.
Global Parliamentarians on Habitat gear up for Barcelona  
Brussels, 30 May 04
The European chapter of the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat has announced plans to participate at the UN-HABITAT World Urban Forum in Barcelona in September.
High-Level advisory panel meets on Iraq reconstruction  
Amman, Jordan, 26 May 04
The Third Consultative Meeting of the High-Level Advisory Panel for the Reconstruction of Iraq met in the Jordanian capital, Amman, 18 – 19 May to discuss funding and implementation of the UN-HABITAT Urban and Housing Rehabilitation Programme (UHRP).
 
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