WUF13 assemblies set high bar for global urban agenda - Anna Soave

BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 18. WUF13 assemblies have
set a high bar for the global urban agenda, Head of the United
Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Office in
Azerbaijan Anna Soave said during the joint closing of the
assemblies within the framework of WUF13, Trend reports.

"Yesterday's assemblies became the culmination of months of
intense conversations, discussions, and consultations between
stakeholder groups. We must give them credit. I strongly urge both
stakeholder groups and UN-Habitat to maintain this momentum to move
from outcomes to actions. The assemblies have set a very high bar
for all of us," she said.

Soave urged all groups — women, children and youth, business and
the private sector, the World Assembly of Local and Regional
Governments, grassroots and civil society organizations — to attend
events aligned with the themes heard yesterday and this morning in
the speeches.