The cities alliance was born in 1999 as a trust fund resulting from a Bank/United Nation (UN) habitat agreement to help implement the 'livable cities' agenda of the UN Human Settlements Conference in Istanbul. Former South African President Nelson Mandela presided over the first meeting of the Alliance's governing body in that year. In summary form, the Alliance's charter states its objectives to be: (i) to improve the quality of urban development...
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