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
Dmitry Mariasin, Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Deputy Executive Secretary: Cities in the SPECA region face similar challenges

# 13:00
20 May 2026
Samad Bashirli, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Minister of Economy

Samad Bashirli: Urban population in Central and Western Asia has increased by 35-45% over the past decade

# 12:48
20 May 2026
Ramil Jahangirov, head of the department of the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture

Department Head: Reconstruction in liberated territories is being carried out based on modern urban planning

# 12:47
20 May 2026
UN official: Return of more than 5 million refugees from Iran has further worsened situation in Afghanistan

UN official: Return of more than 5 million refugees from Iran has further worsened situation in Afghanistan

# 12:45
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
Anar Guliyev, Chairman of the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture of the Republic of Azerbaijan and National Coordinator for WUF13

Anar Guliyev: WUF13 is the first platform dedicated to intercity cooperation for the SPECA region

# 12:37
20 May 2026
Medellin’s “green infrastructure” experience highlighted at WUF13

Medellin’s “green infrastructure” experience highlighted at WUF13

# 12:18
20 May 2026
Housing Corporation: Major destruction recorded in 70 cities and villages in Lebanon

Housing Corporation: Major destruction recorded in 70 cities and villages in Lebanon

# 11:54
20 May 2026
Deputy Minister: Azerbaijan works on a low-emission development strategy

Deputy Minister: Azerbaijan works on a low-emission development strategy

# 11:52
20 May 2026
Director General: Nature-based solutions have long existed as a concept

Director General: Nature-based solutions have long existed as a concept

# 11:42
20 May 2026
Regional director: We are all working toward the development of better cities to live in

Regional director: We are all working toward the development of better cities to live in

# 11:27
20 May 2026
Minister of Human Settlements in the Republic of South Africa Thembisile Simelane

Minister: South Africa uses mixed financing model in upgrading informal settlements

# 11:26
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
Agency official: Georgia had 300,000 internally displaced persons, and support for them continues today

Agency official: Georgia had 300,000 internally displaced persons, and support for them continues today

# 11:10
20 May 2026
Asian Development Bank: We must strive to create small “green spaces” in cities

Asian Development Bank: We must strive to create small “green spaces” in cities

# 11:10
20 May 2026
Somsook Boonyabancha, Chairperson to the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR) of Thailand

Thai expert: Communities must be placed at the center of solving housing problems

# 10:48
20 May 2026
Anacláudia Rossbach, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme

Rossbach: Urbanization is displacing nature, agriculture, and food security

# 10:39
20 May 2026
Marie Huchzermeyer, Professor in the School of Architecture and Planning at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa

Professor: Transformation of informal settlements requires deep public participation

# 10:33
20 May 2026
Expert: Private sector participation alone is not enough to solve housing affordability crisis

Expert: Private sector participation alone is not enough to solve housing affordability crisis

# 10:27
20 May 2026
Marie Huchzermeyer, professor at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa

South African scholar: Informal settlements have become an integral part of modern cities

# 10:25
20 May 2026
Anacláudia Rossbach, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme

UN-Habitat chief: Azerbaijan co-chairs working group on transformation of informal settlements

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

Mikayil Jabbarov: Legalization of shadow economy created additional funding source for social housing

# 10:19
20 May 2026
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