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EXCERPTS FROM
UN-HABITAT NEWSLETTER
http://www.wuf3-fum3.ca/newsletter/newsletter_Vol1_No5.htm
How does
your city do?
UN-HABITAT
will be releasing its State of the World's Cities
Report during WUF3.
Visit
local examples of sustainability
Examples of
urban sustainability are yours to discover just
outside the doors of WUF3. See how a waste water
treatment plant works or cycle around the
University of British Columbia campus. Free guided
tours will take you off the tourist track and help
you see why Vancouver is one of the most
sustainable cities on the planet.
Confirmed
list of speakers grows
Here are just
some of the people who will be sharing their
expertise and experience with participants at
WUF3:
•
Lindiwe Sisulu
Minister of
Housing of the Republic of South Africa
Government of
South Africa
• Zaine
Verjee
Anchor, CNN,
Atlanta, United States
• Maria
Mutagamba
Minister of
State for Water, Ministry of Water, Lands &
Environment
Government of
Uganda
• Arjun
Thapan
Deputy
Director General, Mekong Department, Asian
Development Bank
Manila,
Philippines
•
Swaminathan Shankar Aiyar
Consulting
Editor, The Economic Times
Delhi,
India
•
Fernando Damata Pimentel
Mayor of Belo
Horizonte, Brazil
• Anna
Maria Tremonti
Host, The
Current, CBC
Toronto,
Canada
• Ghulam
Sakhi Noorzad
Mayor of
Kabul, Afghanistan
•
Elisabeth Gateau
Secretary
General, United Cities and Local Governments
(UCLG), Barcelona, Spain
• Paco
Moncayo
UCLG,
Co-President, Mayor of Quito, Ecuador
• Evelyn
Herfkens
Executive
Coordinator, Millennium Campaign, United
Nations
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