1. For more information please contact: Paul Taylor, Acting Head, Urban Development Branch, UNCHS (Habitat), PO Box 30030, Nairobi, Kenya; tel: 254 2 623218; fax; 254 2 623565; e-mail: paul.taylor@unchs.org

2. UNDP (1977), Governance for Sustainable Human Development, New York, page 3.

3. World Bank (1999), Urban and Local Government Strategy, Washington DC, pages 8-9.

4. See reference 2, pages 7-10.

5. Civil society includes individuals and groups, organized or unorganized, who interact in the social, political and economic domains and who are regulated by formal and informal rules and laws. See reference 1.

6. WACLAC, formed in Paris in September 1996, is the resulting world alliance of international associations of cities and local authorities committed to responsible and effective local self-government for sustainable development. Its mission is to represent the local government sector in the international arena and, in particular, with the United Nations. The Secretariat of WACLAC is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

7. Current partners include the World Bank/Cities Alliance, UNDP, UNEP, other UN agencies, multi- and bi-lateral agencies, regional development banks, IULA and other global and regional associations of local governments, international NGOs, and regional and national networks of CBOs and NGOs.

UNCHS (Habitat) - the global campaign for good urban governance

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