Realizing The Human Rights To Water And Sanitation: Frameworks
International human rights law demands that States work towards achieving universal access to water and sanitation, being guided by human rights principles and the standards of the human rights to...
View ArticleRealizing The Human Rights To Water And Sanitation: Introduction
The Handbook will serve as a practical guide explaining the meaning and legal obligations that stem from the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, translating the often complicated legal...
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UN-Habitat and partner launch a publication on mobility
New Delhi 3 December 2014 – During the 7th Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo ( 24-28 November 2014) organised by the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, UN-Habitat and Clean Air...
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Promoting Non-Motorized Transport in Asian Cities: Policymakers’ Toolbox
By 2011, 52% of the global population has lived in cities and by middle of this century it would have increased to almost 67%.1 Asia will continue to have half of the world’s mega cities. In 1975,...
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Two South Sudan counties benefit from UN-Habitat water project
Juba 9 December 2014 – UN-Habitat is providing safe water to people of South Sudan within a short period of time while having a positive impact in the lives of the residents. Ezo Kapoeta, Gok Machar...
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New dawn for pupils of two Kenyan schools as WASH project is completed
Mr. Prasittiporn Wetprasit, Ambassador of Thailand to the Republic of Kenya and Permanent Representative of Thailand to UN-Habitat gives his speech during handover ceremony at Matete. Photo©County...
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Rwanda to adopt a new water tariff designed with UN-Habitat’s help
Lake bordering Rwanda © Shutterstock Nairobi 25 August 2015—Starting 1 September, Rwanda introduced a new urban water supply tariff which was designed with the help of UN-Habitat. The new tariff has...
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UN-Habitat and the International Road Transport Union sign MOU
New York 6th October 2015 — On the sidelines of the historic United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, UN-Habitat and the International Road Transport Union signed a...
View ArticleRealising The Human Rights To Water And Sanitation: A Handbook By The Un...
The Handbook will serve as a practical guide explaining the meaning and legal obligations that stem from the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, translating the often complicated legal...
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Academicians and chairs of East African professional bodies discuss...
Prof. Jacob Kaimenyi, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Land, Housing and Urban Development addressing the workshop Machakos, 11 February 2016 – Deans, senior lecturers of architecture schools and chairs...
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Audit of the UN-Habitat Urban Basic Services sub-programme
The Office of Internal Services (OIOS) conducted an audit of the United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) Urban Basic Services sub-programme whose overall objective was to increase...
View ArticleNew dawn for pupils of two Kenyan schools as WASH project is completed
Kakamega, Kenya, 20 July 2015—It was dawn of a new era for pupils of Matete Primary School in Western Kenya after UN-Habitat in partnership with the Royal Kingdom of Thailand together with the County...
View ArticleRwanda to adopt a new water tariff designed with UN-Habitat’s help
Nairobi 25 August 2015—Starting 1 September, Rwanda introduced a new urban water supply tariff which was designed with the help of UN-Habitat. The new tariff has been designed to move the utility...
View ArticleUN-Habitat and the International Road Transport Union sign MOU
New York 6th October 2015 — On the sidelines of the historic United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, UN-Habitat and the International Road Transport Union signed a...
View ArticleRealising The Human Rights To Water And Sanitation: A Handbook By The Un...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque, presented recently a new publication: Realizing the human rights to water and sanitation: A...
View ArticleAcademicians and chairs of East African professional bodies discuss...
Machakos, 11 February 2016 – Deans, senior lecturers of architecture schools and chairs of professional bodies of East Africa last week congregated in the Kenyan town of Machakos to discuss education...
View ArticleAudit of the UN-Habitat Urban Basic Services sub-programme
The Office of Internal Services (OIOS) conducted an audit of the United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) Urban Basic Services sub-programme whose overall objective was to increase...
View ArticleAcademy of Sustainable Urban Mobility (AoSUM)
This course is aimed at decision-makers who wish to gain an advanced understanding of Sustainable and Innovative Urban Mobility Solutions. You are eligible to apply only if you are a representative of...
View ArticleYouths in Nigeria trained in renewable energy technologies and green...
Abuja, 12 January 2017 – The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), in partnership with the Federal Government of Nigeria, conducted hands-on training in energy efficiency and...
View Article200,000 IDPs and their hosts take over basic service facilities such as...
UN-Habitat’s projects in South Sudan show that infrastructure and participatory planning provide a preventative – rather than curative – approach to long-term conflict resolution and peace building....
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