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Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-02-28
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[01] Athens to host global forum on poverty in '08
[01] Athens to host global forum on poverty in '08
Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis on Tuesday hosted the first meeting
focusing on the 6th Forum of the World Alliance of Cities Against
Poverty, which will take place in the Greek capital in March 2008.
The theme of the 2008 forum will be ?Local Democracy to Fight Poverty?,
while its host-city, Athens, possesses special symbolism, according to
the United Nations.
Representatives of state, regional and local government, governmental
bodies, international organisations and social welfare agencies, along
with 50 mayors and representatives of developing nations, will be
invited to attend the forum.
Previous hosts of the forum were Lyon (1998), Geneva (2000), The Hague
(2002), Rome (2004) and Valencia (2006).
Caption: ANA-MPA file photo of Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis.
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