MONTREAL - Outgoing Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says Thursday's inauguration of a sixth UN office in the city is a reflection of the environmental, housing-focused agenda she's championed in her nearly eight years in office.

Almost three years after it was first announced, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, or UN-Habitat, is opening its project office in the city with an initial team of nine employees and a mission that includes promoting "inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable cities and human settlements."

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