Anna Claudia Rossbach, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, praised Egypt for organizing the 12th session of the World Urban Forum "WUF12".
The conference is being held in Egypt as the first country to host it in Africa in 20 years under the slogan "Everything starts locally...working together for sustainable cities and communities", with the participation of high-level international and UN delegations, to direct the world's attention towards Egypt and its modern development experience and to discuss addressing the issue of global urbanization and finding solutions to the global housing crisis.
This came in her speech delivered at the joint opening of the assemblies, which are being held as part of the activities of the first day of the World Urban Forum.