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United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities
(
UNACLA
) is a committee of local authorities that serves as an advisory
body to
United Nations System
for the purpose of strengthening the dialogue with
local authorities
from all over the
world involved in the implementation of the
Habitat Agenda
.
[1]
It was established in 2000
[5]
in line with the UN Habitat Governing Council Resolution 17/18 of 1999.
[1]
Since September 2004, when UN-HABITAT established a formal relationship with
United Cities and Local Governments
,
[6]
the latter names the organization's chairperson & holds 10 of its 20 seats. UNACLA secretariat is split between
Barcelona
(
UCLG
headquarters) &
Nairobi
(
UN-HABITAT
headquarters).
[7]
[3]
Currently UNACLA is chaired by
Ilsur Metshin
,
UCLG
-Euroasia President, Mayor of
Kazan
(
Republic of Tatarstan
,
Russian Federation
), elected during 2019 UCLG World Summit in
Durban
(
South Africa
).
[4]
He was immediately preceded in 2011-2019 by
Kadir Topba?
, Mayor of
Istanbul
(
Turkey
).
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