00:00The World Urban Forum, or WUF13, has officially opened in Baku.
00:06Over 40,000 people from 182 countries attended, amid stark warnings about the global housing crisis.
00:15The statistics are harsh.
00:173 billion people living in inadequate housing around the world, and a further 300 million people are homeless.
00:24Azerbaijan President Ilham Elieff opened the forum and addressed why it's so important.
00:31The level of participation and the number of heads of states and government demonstrate that today urban planning is really
00:41something which many leaders think about.
00:44And as I said in my remarks, harmony between preservation of historical heritage and architectural heritage, and need to modernize
00:55the cities, should go hand by hand.
00:59Sven Hauser, the mayor of Kalba in Germany, discussed the challenges of urbanization in Europe.
01:29WUF13 is the second largest event to be hosted in Azerbaijan since COP29.
01:35And an opportunity for global urban communities to come together and find solutions for all.
01:41Jane Witherspoon, Euronews in Baku.
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