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The Permanent Mission of The Republic of Kenya to the United Nations Human Settlement Program (UN-HABITAT) was established in 1978 with the mandate of performing diplomatic representational and multilateral duties pertaining to human settlement matters on...
UN-Habitat Executive Director, Maimunah Mohd Sharif, and the newly elected President of the UN-Habitat Assembly Martha Delgado with Kenyan government delegation at the unveiling of the new UN-Habitat plaque at the Agency’s headquarters in Nairobi just before the...
Opening Session of UN-Habitat Executive Board 1/ 2022. Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary Charles Hinga on 29th March at the opening of the first Session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat 2022, reiterated Kenya’s commitment to the...
Opening Session of UN-Habitat Executive Board 1/ 2022.
Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary Charles Hinga on 29th March at the opening of the first Session of the Executive Board of UN-Habitat 2022, reiterated Kenya’s commitment to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda through the strengthening of established frameworks like the HCPD 2022-2025 and Kenya’s Big Four Agenda that prioritizes housing as a major pillar of Kenya’s Medium term plan.
The PS also called on Member States to render their support to UN-Habitat in seeking additional funding on the regular budget to open up posts that are currently frozen.
The PS appreciated the Efforts by UN-Habitat around the utilization of collaborative platforms and ongoing cooperation in preparations towards the High level meeting of the General Assembly to review implementation of the New Urban Agenda.
Kenya also noted the recent interventions by the organization around the Covid-19 response initiative citing their centrality in fostering social inclusion and bridging the inequality gap even as Members focus on post recovery.
The Kenya Permanent Mission to UN-Habitat is one of the two Kenyan Missions based in Nairobi. The other one is the Permanent Mission to UNEP that focuses on Environmental matters.The United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) established in 1996, is the United Nations official headquarters in Africa. The only UN station outside the developed world. UNON hosts the global headquarters for two programmes: the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
Professor Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, Governor of Kisumu County, Kenya, appealed to African mayors to join...
High level mid-term review meeting of the CPR 29TH June 2021
