Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

President Ilham Aliyev sends message to participants of World Environment Day event - UPDATED

# 12:09
5 June 2026
Baku Call to Action

Baku Call to Action

# 19:31
22 May 2026
Lajana Manandhar, Executive Director of Nepal’s LUMANTI Support Group for Shelter and the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights

Nepali NGO chief thanks Azerbaijan for hospitality during WUF13

# 16:45
22 May 2026
Olivia Nielsen, representative of Miyamoto International

Investor: If I had all the money in the world, I would invest it in Africa’s rental housing sector

# 17:45
21 May 2026
UN-Habitat Executive Director Anacláudia Rossbach

UN-Habitat chief: Africa’s housing deficit to reach 130 million by 2030

# 15:46
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
First Deputy Finance Minister Anar Karimov

Deputy minister: Azerbaijan’s housing finance model is based on social inclusivity

# 13:06
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
Lionel Causse, member of the French National Assembly

France plans to build 2 million new homes by 2034

# 16:48
20 May 2026
Aysel Yagubova, Executive Director of the Economic Cooperation Organization Clean Energy Center

Clean Energy Center: Decarbonization efforts cannot focus only on new buildings

# 13:25
20 May 2026
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
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
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
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
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
Lyn O’Grady, Deputy Head of the Sustainable Infrastructure Group at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

EBRD: Cities should reduce investment risks to meet housing demand

# 17:39
19 May 2026
Shuaib Belgore, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Nigerian official: Future of humanity is increasingly connected with cities

# 16:56
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
UN-Habitat division director: Housing provision should stand at the center of global coalitions

UN-Habitat division director: Housing provision should stand at the center of global coalitions

# 14:34
19 May 2026
Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov

Foreign minister: Azerbaijan demonstrates sincere interest in closing the chapter of conflict with Armenia

# 13:43
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
President of the United Nations Habitat Assembly from Malaysia, Nga Kor Ming,

President of UN Habitat Assembly: This process creates an opportunity to strengthen international cooperation

# 10:11
18 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
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
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