The Presidency of UCLG : 2010-2013
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President KADIR TOPBAş
Ilsur Metshin
Mayor of Istanbul,Turkey
TED ELLIS
Co-Presidents and Treasurer ANTONIO COSTA
Mayor of Lisbon, Portugal JOHNNY ARAYA
Mayor of San José, Costa Rica Wan Qingliang Vice-President of the Association of Chinese Mayors MUCHADEYI MASUNDA Mayor of Harare, Zimbabwe
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Mayor of Kazan, Russia Mayor of Bluffton, United States, is the Treasurer of UCLG All members of UCLG and our partners meet every three years on the occasion of the UCLG Congress, also the Summit of Local and Regional Leaders. A new Presidency will be elected at the 2013 UCLG Congress in Rabat for a period of three years.
THE UNITED VOICE OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY UCLG is active on the international stage on many topics:
Post-2015 Development Agenda
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cities and 112 national associations
In July 2012, Ban Ki-moon nominated Mr. Kadir Topbaş as member of the High Level Panel on the post-2015 process, a recognition for the role of local and regional authorities in the Millennium Development Goals. In September 2012, during the meetings of the High Level Panel, the President of UCLG called for involvement of local and regional authorities in the Post-2015 process. The HLP conclusions and proposals will be presented in September 2013 during the General Assembly of the United Nations.
UCLG and the United Nations In May 2011, the President of UCLG, Mr. Kadir Topbaş, personally met the Secretary General of the United Nations and requested a special status for UCLG before the General Assembly of this institution. In April 2012, the Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki-Moon, welcomed Local and Regional Authorities to the headquarters of the United Nations where they were able to present their key messages with view to the Rio+20 Summit.
Rio+20 During the Earth Summit (Rio+20) in June 2012, the Final Document recognized, for the first time, the key role of local and regional governments in the international development agenda.
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