UN-Habitat Executive Director Anaclaudia Rossbach

World Cities Report presented at WUF13

# 16:42
19 May 2026
UN official: Azerbaijan contributes to cooperation with the Global South

UN official: Azerbaijan contributes to cooperation with the Global South

# 16:32
19 May 2026
Chairperson of the Board of the NGO Agency Aygun Aliyeva

NGO Forum becomes part of official WUF program for first time in history

# 16:30
19 May 2026
Somsook Boonyabancha, Chairperson of the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights

Coalition chairperson: Institutions should implement joint measures to solve the housing problem

# 16:26
19 May 2026
Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov

Minister: Azerbaijan to host first meeting of D-8 energy ministers in two weeks

# 16:22
19 May 2026
Hikmat Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration

Presidential Assistant: We are trying to combine historical heritage with modern urbanization elements in Baku

# 16:10
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
Hikmat Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration

Hikmat Hajiyev: There is no second country rebuilding more than 300 villages and settlements with its own resources like Azerbaijan

# 14:50
19 May 2026
Deputy Foreign Minister of Guinea-Bissau Fatumata Jau

Deputy Minister: For Guinea-Bissau, climate change is now an issue of governance and stability, not just ecology

# 13:47
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
Dimitris Avramopoulos

Former EU commissioner: Half of the world’s population lives in cities, and this figure is steadily increasing

# 13:09
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
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
Anna Soave, UN-Habitat Country Representative in Azerbaijan

UN-Habitat: More than 60% of people affected by conflicts seek refuge in cities

# 12:51
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
Azerbaijan’s Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Mukhtar Babayev

Mukhtar Babayev: The number of droughts and extremely hot days has increased sixfold

# 12:28
19 May 2026
Hijran Huseynova, Chairperson of the Family, Women and Children Affairs Committee of the Milli Majlis

Hijran Huseynova: Parliament responds promptly to challenges on sustainable urban development

# 12:25
19 May 2026
Umayra Taghiyeva, Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources

Umayra Taghiyeva: Azerbaijan has made serious investments in the modernization of the meteorological system

# 12:08
19 May 2026
Researcher Fuad Akhundov

Baku’s architectural history presented at WUF13 - PHOTO

# 11:27
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
Margarita Greene, professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Professor: One of the main factors deepening the housing crisis is the change in family structures

# 11:05
19 May 2026
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk

UN High Commissioner: Housing should not be turned into a commercial instrument

# 10:47
19 May 2026
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