UN-Habitat employee Matthijs van Oostrum

UN-Habitat official: Countries implement national housing policies in different ways

# 13:33
19 May 2026
UN-Habitat project management specialist Haesung Ahn

UN-Habitat specialist: Housing issues have become one of the most important topics on urban agendas

# 13:19
19 May 2026
UN: Half of future urban population growth will come from 7 countries

UN: Half of future urban population growth will come from 7 countries

# 13:13
19 May 2026
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Elshad Iskandarov

Foreign Ministry: Baku initiative has gained support from more than 300 organizations

# 13:13
19 May 2026
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Elshad Iskandarov

Elshad Iskandarov: Climate change and conflicts create new risks for urban development

# 13:03
19 May 2026
Moukala Nguimbi Franck Gordan, doctoral student at Jean Monnet University of Saint-Étienne

Gabon representative: Contradictory urban reality observed in areas inherited from colonial period

# 12:52
19 May 2026
ziza Akmouch, Head of the Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development Division of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

OECD official: Currently, nearly 1 billion people do not have official housing registration

# 12:39
19 May 2026
Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijan State Water Resources Agency (ADSEA) Khayyam Mammadov

ADSEA: If Azerbaijan previously experienced 10–20 floods annually, this figure has now increased several times

# 12:39
19 May 2026
Gulshan Rzayeva, Deputy Head of the Office of the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture

Karabakh reconstruction experience presented at WUF13 as a model for post-conflict countries

# 12:37
19 May 2026
Moody’s: Stability in Azerbaijan’s and the region’s banking sector will be preserved despite geopolitical risks

Moody’s: Stability in Azerbaijan’s and the region’s banking sector will be preserved despite geopolitical risks

# 12:33
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
Muthoni Brian Ngiqi, Editor, Climate Affairs Bureau for Africa

African expert: I believe the discussions we are conducting will have successful outcomes

# 12:25
19 May 2026
UN-Habitat Executive Director: 50 percent of Africans live in urban areas

UN-Habitat Executive Director: 50 percent of Africans live in urban areas

# 11:52
19 May 2026
Jeffrey Sachs, President of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

President: Africa will not remain an agriculture-based continent after 25 years

# 11:17
19 May 2026
UN-Habitat representative: 14 Arab countries are facing water scarcity

UN-Habitat representative: 14 Arab countries are facing water scarcity

# 11:11
19 May 2026
Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

SDSN: Elimination of slums and improvement of the urban environment are key priorities

# 10:52
19 May 2026
Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Anacláudia Rossbach

UN-Habitat identifies key housing crisis issues jointly with Azerbaijan and three other countries

# 10:49
19 May 2026
European Commissioner for Housing Dan Jorgensen

EU Commissioner: More than 1 million people, including 400,000 children, are homeless in Europe

# 10:38
19 May 2026
Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Emilia Saiz

Secretary General: Housing issue has become one of the main challenges on the development and democracy agenda

# 10:37
19 May 2026
Deputy Head of the Office of the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture and Deputy National Coordinator of WUF13 Gulshan Rzayeva

Committee: Housing policy cannot be planned separately from transport, infrastructure, and employment

# 10:17
19 May 2026
Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Anacláudia Rossbach

UN-Habitat chief: Housing policy should be implemented together with land management and urban planning reforms

# 10:11
19 May 2026
Anaclaudia Rossbach, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

UN-Habitat: More than 500 successful housing practices presented within WUF13 framework

# 10:09
19 May 2026
Baku-Tbilisi passenger train services to resume from May 26 - OFFICIAL

Baku-Tbilisi passenger train services to resume from May 26 - OFFICIAL

# 10:06
19 May 2026
Jonathan Reckford, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Habitat for Humanity International

Habitat for Humanity chief: Urban development projects implemented in Baku are commendable

# 09:17
19 May 2026
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