Head of UN-Habitat thanks Azerbaijan for leadership in housing agenda

The Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Anacláudia Rossbach, expressed gratitude to Azerbaijan for its leadership in organizing intergovernmental work on housing and sustainable development.

According to Report, the statement on behalf of the UN-Habitat chief was read out by Rafael Tuts, Director of the organization"s Global Solutions Division, during the 13th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) in Baku.

"First of all, I would like to thank the co-chairs - Azerbaijan and Somalia - for their leadership in convening this session," the message said.

The statement also welcomed participants of the meeting who joined both in person and online from different time zones.

According to Rossbach, the current meeting is taking place at a critically important moment, as the housing sector has become central to several global crises at once.

The UN-Habitat chief emphasized that decisions being made today in the fields of housing construction, renovation, and planning will determine the future development of the situation.