Executive director: Regional sustainable energy centers can help address existing gaps

Executive director: Regional sustainable energy centers can help address existing gaps

# 13:23
20 May 2026
Riccardo Savigliano, head of the Energy Systems and Industrial Decarbonization Unit of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

UN representative: 70 percent of infrastructure needed for urban population has not yet been built

# 13:02
20 May 2026
Anar Guliyev, Chairman of the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture of the Republic of Azerbaijan and National Coordinator for WUF13

Committee chairman: Expanding access to housing cannot be considered separately from quality urban planning issues

# 12:42
20 May 2026
Giorgia Rombelli: Housing and construction sectors are at the center of climate problems

Giorgia Rombelli: Housing and construction sectors are at the center of climate problems

# 12:38
20 May 2026
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development Alice Wahome

Kenyan minister: World Bank financing alone does not solve slum problem

# 11:18
20 May 2026
Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov

Minister: Amnesty for illegal constructions may create new risks

# 10:16
20 May 2026
Mikayil Jabbarov, Minister of Economy

Mikayil Jabbarov: Great Return significantly reduces pressure on housing provision

# 10:09
20 May 2026
UN official: Creating accessible living environments for all societies must be a priority

UN official: Creating accessible living environments for all societies must be a priority

# 10:03
20 May 2026
Russian army attacks multiple regions of Ukraine

Russian army attacks multiple regions of Ukraine

# 08:54
20 May 2026
Three new residential complexes with 900 apartments to be commissioned in Shusha next year

Three new residential complexes with 900 apartments to be commissioned in Shusha next year

# 18:12
19 May 2026
Lyn O’Grady, Deputy Head of the Sustainable Infrastructure Group at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

EBRD: Cities should reduce investment risks to meet housing demand

# 17:39
19 May 2026
Adil Karaismailoğlu, Chairman of the Public Works, Reconstruction, Transport and Tourism Committee of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (GNAT)

Adil Karaismailoğlu: Renewal of old and earthquake-risk buildings is among Türkiye’s main priorities

# 17:24
19 May 2026
Head of the Baku City Executive Authority Eldar Azizov

Eldar Azizov: Buildings are like people, they also have the beginning and end of their lifespan

# 17:10
19 May 2026
Gholamreza Kazemian,  Iran's Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development for Urban Planning and Architecture

Deputy minister: Buildings account for more than 40% of annual energy consumption in Iran

# 16:58
19 May 2026
Hasan Suver, Türkiye’s Deputy Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change

Deputy minister: Türkiye is ready to share its urban planning experience with D-8 countries

# 16:52
19 May 2026
Chairman of the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture, National Coordinator of WUF13 Anar Guliyev

Anar Guliyev: Transition to green construction is not only an environmental necessity, but also an important economic opportunity

# 16:08
19 May 2026
Minister: Azerbaijan’s role in regional connectivity is further strengthening with the Zangezur corridor

Minister: Azerbaijan’s role in regional connectivity is further strengthening with the Zangezur corridor

# 15:05
19 May 2026
Vahid Hajiyev, Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Jabrayil, Gubadli and Zangilan districts

Vahid Hajiyev: Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur are being developed as a green energy zone

# 14:14
19 May 2026
Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations Jabrayil Khanlarov

Deputy minister: Azerbaijan's Emergency Ministry supports large-scale early warning system initiatives

# 13:03
19 May 2026
Byron-Cox Richard Anthony Beresford, advisor to the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Advisor: Colonialism in various forms prevented people from having decent housing

# 12:25
19 May 2026
Researcher Fuad Akhundov

Baku’s architectural history presented at WUF13 - PHOTO

# 11:27
19 May 2026
Elchin Yusubov, Special Representative of the President in the city of Khankendi, and the Aghdara and Khojaly districts

Special Representative: Khankendi will become a city of 80,000 people

# 11:10
19 May 2026
Koldo Casla, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing

Complaints over violations of housing rights can be submitted directly to the UN

# 10:56
19 May 2026
Special representative: Khankendi cemetery was completely destroyed during occupation

Special representative: Khankendi cemetery was completely destroyed during occupation

# 10:46
19 May 2026
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