Baku Wins Bid to Host the World Urban Forum 2026

The capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, will host the thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF) in 2026. The announcement was made yesterday by Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).

The WUF13 Selection Committee recommended two cities, the city of Fortaleza in Brazil, and Baku, Azerbaijan. The winning candidate will soon begin negotiations on the formal agreements to host the event.

The World Urban Forum is the world’s premier biennial global conference on urbanization. It has been convened by the UN-Habitat and co-organized with the host city and government since 2002.

Earlier it became known that Baku has been also chosen to host another major event, the 29^th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) to be held next year. This is the first time that a city from Eurasia has been honored with the right to host these events.

The source: https://wuf.unhabitat.org/news/baku-wins-bid-host-world-urban-forum-2026-1

The photo: Lloyd Alozie on Unsplash

12.12.2023

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