BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 12. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, former Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the current Mayor of Kuala Lumpur has expressed her gratitude to President Ilham Aliyev for hosting COP29, Trend reports.
"Mr. President, I thank you for the courage that you have demonstrated in hosting COP29 in Baku, which can only happen because you have managed to convince your fellow leaders to give peace a chance. For without peace, there can be no sustainable development, just as without sustainable development, we cannot win the peace," she said, as she addressed the COP29 World Leaders' Climate Action Summit in Baku.
She further expressed he gratitude to President Ilham Aliyev for Azerbaijan's contribution to sustainable urbanization, "as the country is rebuilding the cities guided by the new urban agenda and the sustainable development goals".