WUF13 conference participants adopt statement on colonial injustices and housing inequality

WUF13 conference participants adopt statement on colonial injustices and housing inequality

# 18:02
19 May 2026
Anaclaudia Rossbach, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

UN-Habitat Executive Director: We will renew the urban agenda in New York

# 17:15
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
Head of the Baku City Executive Authority Eldar Azizov

Baku official calls for reforms in rainwater management after heavy rainfall

# 16:50
19 May 2026
Head of the Baku City Executive Authority Eldar Azizov

Eldar Azizov: More than 23 million square meters of housing commissioned in Baku since 2003

# 16:41
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
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
Education adviser appointed to Azerbaijan’s embassy in the UK

Education adviser appointed to Azerbaijan’s embassy in the UK

# 15:16
19 May 2026
Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev

Presidential aide: The number of those providing grants to anti-Azerbaijan groups has decreased

# 14:55
19 May 2026
Azerenergy: Azerbaijan’s energy infrastructure is in a comfortable position in terms of generation

Azerenergy: Azerbaijan’s energy infrastructure is in a comfortable position in terms of generation

# 14:46
19 May 2026
Deputy chairman: Large-scale management system is at the commissioning stage

Deputy chairman: Large-scale management system is at the commissioning stage

# 14:41
19 May 2026
Momeena Mehdi, Project Manager of the Eurasian Regional Center of the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF ERC) and Coordinator of the OIC Students Association

WUF13: AI competition receives 285 applications from over 30 countries

# 14:39
19 May 2026
Somali ambassador: Well-planned settlements can reduce tensions

Somali ambassador: Well-planned settlements can reduce tensions

# 14:38
19 May 2026
Azerenergy: 2 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity to be integrated into grid by 2028

Azerenergy: 2 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity to be integrated into grid by 2028

# 14:37
19 May 2026
Igor Sergeyenko, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus

Belarus parliament speaker: WUF13 in Baku organized at the highest level

# 14:34
19 May 2026
Chairman of the State Committee on Urban Planning and Architecture of the Republic of Azerbaijan Anar Guliyev

Anar Guliyev: It is planned to settle 1.1 million people in the liberated territories

# 14:21
19 May 2026
Matuil Haq Khalis, Director General of Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA)

Afghan official: WUF13 creates a good opportunity to become familiar with various projects

# 13:51
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-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-Habitat: Destructive floods and landslides are occurring in many cities today

UN-Habitat: Destructive floods and landslides are occurring in many cities today

# 13:06
19 May 2026
IOM: When cities are inclusive, they can become spaces of coexistence

IOM: When cities are inclusive, they can become spaces of coexistence

# 12:58
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
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
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
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