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Best Practices City and Water Exhibit opens in Barcelona  
Barcelona, 24 May 04
Visitors to the 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures in the Spanish city of Barcelona can now see some of the world’s latest developments in urban innovation at a dazzling exhibition of best practices and ideas from countries around the world.
UN awards on human settlements presented at the Commission for Sustainable Development  
New York, 26 Apr 04
The Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, Anna Tibaijuka, presented Nasreen Mustafa Sideek Berwari, Minister for Municipalities and Public Works in Iraq and Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chair of the Global Water Partnership, with the Habitat Scroll of Honour award during the 12th Commission on Sustainable Development.
New housing policy targets Kenyan urban slum dwellers  
Nairobi (PANA), 24 Apr 04
The Kenya cabinet has approved a National Housing Policy and sent it to Parliament for endorsement to address the urban slum and housing shortage problems, deputy minister for roads, public works and housing, Joshua Toro said here Saturday.
Sustainable Mobility: Bicycles for Health Care Workers in Kenya  
Nairobi, 20 Apr 04
In order to address the growing mobility needs of HIV/AIDS Health Care Workers in Kenya, UN-HABITAT in conjunction with Rotary Club International, the Netherlands Chapter, and the Tour d'Afrique donated 14 new mountain bicycles to women's health care service providers who are affiliated with the National Council of Women of Kenya. According to UNAIDS reports, women are disproportionately vulnerable to HIV and they account for half of the 40 million people living with HIV or AIDS around the world.
The 12th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development  
New York, 19 Apr 04
The12th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was launched on 19 April 2004 with the international community calling for renewed commitment to the Millennium Development Goals, especially those specifically concerned with water, sanitation and human settlements.
New UN-HABITAT focal point at the African Union  
Nairobi, 14 Apr 04
UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, has mandated the Sierra Leone ambassador to Ethiopia, Mr. Melvin H. Chalobah, to be UN-HABITAT’s focal point to the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
UNITED NATIONS IN NAIROBI COMMEMORATES RWANDA GENOCIDE  
Nairobi, 7 Apr 04
Hundreds of United Nations staff members gathered at the Memorial Garden, Gigiri, in Nairobi to observe the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda. Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, read the Secretary-General's message commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 1994 Rwanda Genocide.
WORLD WATER DAY 2004  
Nairobi, 20 Mar 04
As a United Nations Programme with its Global Headquarters in Africa, UN-HABITAT has been actively engaged over the past twenty years in supporting African countries in their effort to develop sustainable human settlements, this includes ensuring that the poor are provided with adequate shelter and basic services. We are committed to helping the international community meet the Millennium Development Goal of halving the number of poor people without clean water and adequate sanitation.
UN Trust Fund gives US $1 million for slum upgrading in Phnom Penh  
Nairobi, 8 Mar 04
The United Nations Human Security Trust Fund is to provide US$1,082,500 for poverty reduction and slum upgrading in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.
ASEAN endorses value-based water education  
Brunei, 5 Mar 04
Education ministers from the 10 countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this week agreed to start a seed fund through the Asian Development Bank to begin implementation of UN-HABITAT’s Value-Based Water Education programme.
 
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