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Posted March 17, 2016
UN Habitat publishes Persian version of Int’l Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning
Tehran, 17 March 2016 (UNIC) – United Nations Habitat Office in Tehran has translated into Persian and published the 2015 edition of International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning.

UN-Habitat launches the second Kabul Metropolitan Conference
Kabul 18 March 2016— UN- Habitat last week launched the second Kabul Metropolitan Conference aimed at assisting key partners to foster spatial metropolitan planning and governance for the greater Kabul area.

First results of Mexico’s City Prosperity Index (CPI)
Mexico, 18 March 2016 – The first results of the City Prosperity Index (CPI) carried out in 136 municipalities across Mexico were presented in Mexico City earlier this March.

UN-Habitat and partner convene meeting on ‘Financing Urban Sustainable Development in Latin America’
Bogotá, 16 March 2016—Over 40 international experts on finance and urban development last week converged in Bogota, Columbia for the first regional meeting on financing urban sustainable development in Latin America.