Jinming Huang, Director for Water and Urban Development at the Asian Development Bank

ADB: Redirecting tourist flows can create new settlements

# 14:57
21 May 2026
Jingmin Huang, Director for ADB's Water and Urban Development Sector Office

ADB: Traditional financing models do not work in island states

# 14:38
21 May 2026
Anar Guliyev, Chairman of the State Committee on Urban Planning and Architecture

Anar Guliyev: WUF13 is progressing toward its goals

# 14:20
21 May 2026
Abdulla Muththalib, Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development of the Maldives

Minister: Tourist flow to the Maldives declined due to the Middle East crisis

# 14:15
21 May 2026
Abdulla Muththalib, Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development of the Maldives

Maldives seeks urgent international assistance to adapt to climate change

# 13:56
21 May 2026
Kazuko Ishigaki, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific at the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

UN representative: Urbanization in small island states further increases climate risks

# 13:35
21 May 2026
Chief of Staff of the State Housing Development Agency, Jamshid Amirov

Azerbaijan’s housing agency emphasizes transparency and digitalization in housing allocation

# 12:59
21 May 2026
Palestinian minister: The main goal is to ensure the safe return of displaced people

Palestinian minister: The main goal is to ensure the safe return of displaced people

# 11:49
21 May 2026
Rafael Tuts, Director of the Global Solutions Division at UN-Habitat

UN-Habitat official: Housing finance should not be limited only to mortgages

# 11:36
21 May 2026
Srinivas Sampath, Director for Water and Urban Development at the Asian Development Bank (ADB)

ADB promotes high-rise construction around metro stations

# 11:29
21 May 2026
Presentation ceremony of explanatory dictionary for cities held at WUF13

Presentation ceremony of explanatory dictionary for cities held at WUF13

# 11:26
21 May 2026
Srinivas Sampath, Director for Water and Urban Development at the Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Director: ADB is working to reduce housing project risks through public financing

# 11:24
21 May 2026
Ali Al-Ahmad, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Municipalities and Housing

Saudi official: We are no longer negotiating prices for 1,000 homes, but for 1 million homes

# 11:05
21 May 2026
Chief Director for Supply Chain at Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Municipalities and Housing, Ali Al-Ahmad

Chief Director: Saudi Arabia invites international construction companies to housing projects

# 11:03
21 May 2026
Executive Director of the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF), Kecia Rust

CAHF chief: Reality and expectations do not match in housing finance

# 10:55
21 May 2026
First Deputy Finance Minister of Azerbaijan, Anar Karimov

Anar Karimov: Azerbaijan is working on “green building” standards

# 10:42
21 May 2026
Anaclaudia Rossbach, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

Rossbach: Social management and community work must also be financed in housing projects

# 10:30
21 May 2026
Emin Huseynov: Technology-based communities are being formed in Aghdam, Fuzuli and Khojavand

Emin Huseynov: Technology-based communities are being formed in Aghdam, Fuzuli and Khojavand

# 10:30
21 May 2026
Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Anacláudia Rossbach

Anacláudia Rossbach: The world does not build housing without subsidies

# 10:26
21 May 2026
Uruguay’s Minister of Housing and Territorial Planning, Tamara Paseyro Marin

Tamara Paseyro Marin: Uruguay applies tax incentives for the private sector for social housing

# 10:18
21 May 2026
MP: Projects in Karabakh are creating a new model for sustainable urban planning

MP: Projects in Karabakh are creating a new model for sustainable urban planning

# 17:16
20 May 2026
Prospects for development of economic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Oman discussed

Prospects for development of economic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Oman discussed

# 16:57
20 May 2026
Adil Karaismailoğlu, Chair of the Committee on Public Works, Urban Planning, Transportation, and Tourism of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye

Karaismailoğlu: Türkiye is building nearly 500,000 facilities in earthquake-hit regions

# 16:33
20 May 2026
UN-Habitat: WUF13 can further strengthen Baku’s new urban direction shaped by COP29

UN-Habitat: WUF13 can further strengthen Baku’s new urban direction shaped by COP29

# 15:11
20 May 2026
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