BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 13. All the people who
will work at the accreditation center during the WUF13 days are
Azerbaijanis, Executive Director of the WUF13 Azerbaijan Operating
Company, Adil Mammadov, said during a media tour of the event
venue, Trend
reports.
He noted that no foreign platform was referred to in this
process.
"There are 70 registration centers at the Baku Olympic Stadium
in connection with WUF 13. 54 of them are for those who have
registered in advance, and 16 are for those who have not
registered. Each person is given 1 minute for accreditation. There
are also 3,000 volunteers, about 100 of whom are foreigners," the
official added.
The 13th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) will take
place in Baku from May 17 to 22. The forum is organized as part of
cooperation between the Government of Azerbaijan and the United
Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat). The event will be
attended by government officials from various countries,
representatives of the private sector, civil society, youth, and
academic circles, as well as representatives of international
organizations.
