Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Anacláudia Rossbach

UN official: We must approach urban expansion carefully

# 10:11
18 May 2026
Chairman of the State Committee on Urban Planning and Architecture and WUF13 National Coordinator Anar Guliyev

Anar Guliyev: Reconstruction work in Karabakh generates great interest among international organisations

# 10:06
18 May 2026
Committee chairman: WUF13 is an expression of international community’s trust in Azerbaijan

Committee chairman: WUF13 is an expression of international community’s trust in Azerbaijan

# 09:51
18 May 2026
Headline: Anar Guliyev: WUF13 is a global expansion of the national dialogues we have built in recent years

Headline: Anar Guliyev: WUF13 is a global expansion of the national dialogues we have built in recent years

# 09:46
18 May 2026
First day of WUF13 marked by flag raising ceremony and Assembly sessions

First day of WUF13 marked by flag raising ceremony and Assembly sessions

# 09:24
18 May 2026
Chairman of the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture Anar Guliyev

Committee chairman: Housing issues must remain at the center of our urban policies and political commitments

# 18:20
17 May 2026
Chinese official: Housing security system has been improved in our country

Chinese official: Housing security system has been improved in our country

# 16:57
17 May 2026
Filip Endal, Deputy Minister of Regional Development of the Czech Republic

Filip Endal: Housing policy must be linked to economic policy

# 16:52
17 May 2026
Azerbaijan’s Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Farhad Hajiyev

Deputy minister: Nine new cities and hundreds of settlements are being built in Karabakh

# 15:46
17 May 2026
Somali minister: Azerbaijan’s efforts in housing provision are exemplary

Somali minister: Azerbaijan’s efforts in housing provision are exemplary

# 15:11
17 May 2026
Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Anacláudia Rossbach

UN-Habitat Executive Director: Land and housing cannot be viewed solely as commercial commodities

# 15:08
17 May 2026
Chairman of the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture Anar Guliyev

Anar Guliyev: Governance model in Azerbaijan helps ensure sustainable development

# 13:52
17 May 2026
Bahrain’s Minister of Housing and Urban Planning Amna Al-Rumaihi

Bahraini minister: Residential areas were also targeted during recent attacks

# 13:11
17 May 2026
Clara Brugada, Head of Government of Mexico City

Mexico City mayor: WUF13 is a strategic platform for shaping humanity’s urban future together

# 12:40
17 May 2026
Povilas Poderskis, Head of Office at Lithuania’s Ministry of Environment

Lithuanian deputy minister: We welcome Azerbaijan’s support for Ukraine’s reconstruction

# 12:36
17 May 2026
Shiomi Hideyuki, Deputy for International Affairs at Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Japanese official: Building disaster-resilient cities is a top priority

# 12:14
17 May 2026
China’s Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Ni Hong

Chinese minister: Future of cities depends on joint efforts of countries worldwide

# 11:57
17 May 2026
Canadian official: Urban challenges are outpacing governments’ ability to respond

Canadian official: Urban challenges are outpacing governments’ ability to respond

# 11:44
17 May 2026
Chairman of the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture Anar Guliyev

Azerbaijan invests $14.7 billion in Karabakh and East Zangezur reconstruction projects

# 10:42
17 May 2026
Chairman of the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture Anar Guliyev

Azerbaijan updates master plans for 68 of 79 cities, preparations underway for remaining 11 cities

# 10:40
17 May 2026
Malaysia’s Minister of Housing and Local Government and President of the Assembly of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Nga Kor Ming

Malaysia plans to build 1 million affordable homes over next decade, minister says at WUF13

# 10:32
17 May 2026
Poland’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Krzysztof Szczerski

Poland’s UN envoy: Discussions in Baku are extremely important

# 10:18
17 May 2026
Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Anacláudia Rossbach

UN-Habitat chief: Focusing on housing at WUF13 is critically important

# 10:05
17 May 2026
Guy Ryder, representative of the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General and Under-Secretary-General for Policy

Guy Ryder: Next 10 years will be decisive for implementation of New Urban Agenda

# 09:56
17 May 2026
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