Executive Director in the News

UN-HABITAT Executive Director awarded honorary Doctorate of Science at University College London September 10, 2003: - UN-HABITAT Executive Director Anna Tibaijuka and two Nobel Prize laureates, Professor Daniel McFadden and Professor Dr. Erwin Neher, were awarded honorary Doctorate of Science degrees on Tuesday by the prestigious University College London. » read more Fourth Global Forum of Paliamentarians on Habitat, 12-14 may 2003, Berlin, Germany May 13, 2003: Statement by Dr. Anna Tibaijuka, Under-Secretary General and Executive Director, UN-HABITAT » read more Senior German official meets UN-HABITAT's Executive Director May 2, 2003: UN-HABITAT's Executive Director Anna Tibaijuka on Friday briefed a special envoy of the German Chancellor Helmut Schroeder on the eve of the agency 19th Governing Council. The German envoy, Uschi Eid, is Schroeder's G-8 Africa Action Plan representative. Officials said they discussed the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) of which UN-HABITAT's Water for African Cities Programme is a key component, and other related issues. Africa’s struggle for food security April 11, 2003 - The second Pan-African Congress on Food Security, Trade and Sustainable Development , opened at UN-HABITAT in Nairobi this week with delegates expressing deep concern at Africa’s food security situation. “Africa remains the most food deficient continent and the predictions are so grim, that unless radical measures are undertaken, starvation in the continent will be much worse into the next decade than it is today,” said Anna Tabaijuka, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT in her opening remarks. » read more UN-HABITAT signs new agreement at World Water Forum March 9, 2003 - UN-HABITAT signed an agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday aimed at forging a new Water for Asian Cities partnership. UN Under Secretary-General, Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT and ADB President Tadao Chino signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the new programme in Osaka. The Japanese city this week is hosting the 3rd World Water Forum, the largest ever meeting to discuss and seek solutions to the global water crisis. » read more Plight of women in slums highlighted at International Women’s Day awards ceremony March 7, 2003 - At the Woman of the Year award in Nairobi on 7 March, ten women were honoured for their selflessness, courage and dedication to their communities. Congratulating the winners and nominees for the awards, UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka a key speaker at the occasion, highlighted the burden of women in slums and shanty settlements where percent of the city’s population live. » read more Tibaijuka calls for globalization to solve shelter problems of local people February 7, 2003 - Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, Under Secretary-General of the UN, and the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT stressed that there was a need to make globalization work for local people, create decent jobs, and provide decent shelter for the urban poor who are stranded in the slums and squatter settlements surrounding the cities of Africa. Mrs. Tibaijuka was speaking as the Chairperson of the second session, at the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization (WCSDG) held in Arusha, Tanzania, from 6-7 February 2003. » read more UN-HABITAT gets US$15 million ESRI grant February 5, 2003 - UN-HABITAT, the UN agency responsible for helping governments address the problems of human settlements and rapid urbanization, received a grant of US$ 15,000,000 from the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) the leading developer of Geographic Information Systems software (GIS). » read more UN-HABITAT and UNEP working closely together February 5, 2003 - Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, this week told the 22nd governing council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), UN-HABITAT’s sister organisation, that the two Nairobi-based UN bodies would work with a “profound sense of common purpose” to strengthen the nexus between the natural and human-made evironments of the world. » read more Courtesy Call February 5, 2003 - Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, this week paid a courtesy call on the Kenyan Minister for Local Government, Hon. Emmanuel Karisa Maitha » read more Government of Kenya and UN-HABITAT to Upgrade Slums January 16, 2003 - Honourable Raila Odinga, the new Minister for Roads, Public works and Housing and Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the "Slum Upgrading Programme for Kenya". » read more