WUF13 remembered for record number of participants and partners, and adoption of the Baku Call to Action

WUF13 remembered for record number of participants and partners, and adoption of the Baku Call to Action

# 23:26
23 May 2026
Baku Call to Action

Baku Call to Action

# 19:31
22 May 2026
Indigenous community in Canada sued government over right to prior informed consent

Indigenous community in Canada sued government over right to prior informed consent

# 11:43
22 May 2026
Ronal Boriz Cruz Martinez, indigenous leader and lawyer of Bolivia’s Suyu Suras people

Bolivian representative: Development should not come at expense of indigenous displacement

# 11:40
22 May 2026
Marina Munoz, representative of the Urban Housing Practitioners Hub platform

Marina Munoz: Entire communities benefit when indigenous women own land documents

# 11:28
22 May 2026
UN-Habitat official: Forced land dispossession is one of the main problems faced by indigenous peoples

UN-Habitat official: Forced land dispossession is one of the main problems faced by indigenous peoples

# 11:08
22 May 2026
Anacláudia Rossbach, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme

Rossbach: Global housing crisis affects women more severely

# 11:02
22 May 2026
State Committee: Promotion of gender equality is among Azerbaijan’s key state policy priorities

State Committee: Promotion of gender equality is among Azerbaijan’s key state policy priorities

# 10:55
22 May 2026
Mexican official: Land rights and self-governance are key demands of indigenous peoples

Mexican official: Land rights and self-governance are key demands of indigenous peoples

# 10:54
22 May 2026
UN deputy chief: Women’s housing rights are often pushed into the background

UN deputy chief: Women’s housing rights are often pushed into the background

# 10:43
22 May 2026
Indigenous peoples’ housing rights discussed at WUF13

Indigenous peoples’ housing rights discussed at WUF13

# 10:23
22 May 2026
Habitat International Coalition member speaks about housing rights at WUF13

Habitat International Coalition member speaks about housing rights at WUF13

# 17:39
21 May 2026
Aygun Aliyeva, Chairperson of the Board of the Agency for State Support to NGOs and member of the WUF13 Organizing Committee

Aygun Aliyeva: Today Azerbaijan plays an important bridge role between the Global North and the Global South

# 16:10
21 May 2026
Executive director: Approximately one billion people in Africa will live in cities

Executive director: Approximately one billion people in Africa will live in cities

# 11:50
21 May 2026
Uruguay’s Minister of Housing and Territorial Planning, Tamara Paseyro Marin

Uruguayan minister: Housing policy is fundamental for social equality

# 10:07
21 May 2026
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Azerbaijan, Hossam El-Din Effat Mustafa Reda

Egyptian Ambassador: I am sure Azerbaijan’s ideas in WUF13 will be very well deliberated - INTERVIEW

# 22:43
20 May 2026
State Committee: Great Return program is a rare and unique example in the world

State Committee: Great Return program is a rare and unique example in the world

# 16:11
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
Transformation of informal settlements discussed at WUF13

Transformation of informal settlements discussed at WUF13

# 09:49
20 May 2026
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
WUF13 discusses housing crisis and injustices caused by colonial governance - PHOTO

WUF13 discusses housing crisis and injustices caused by colonial governance - PHOTO

# 14:09
19 May 2026
Koldo Casla, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing

Complaints over violations of housing rights can be submitted directly to the UN

# 10:56
19 May 2026
Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Emilia Saiz

Secretary General: Housing issue has become one of the main challenges on the development and democracy agenda

# 10:37
19 May 2026
Deputy Head of the Office of the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture and Deputy National Coordinator of WUF13 Gulshan Rzayeva

Committee: Housing policy cannot be planned separately from transport, infrastructure, and employment

# 10:17
19 May 2026
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