[sustran] Transport included in 3rd Urban Poverty Forum

[SUSTRAN Resource Centre]

This information is from Brian Williams of Habitat in Nairobi.


SAFETY in urban transprot has been chosen as one of the four major sub-
themes at the Third International Conference of the Internaitonal Forum on
Urban 
Poverty (IFUP) which will be held in Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire on 11-14
October 1999.  

With meetings every two years, the forum is a partnership among
municipalities, bilateral and multilateral support agencies, private
foundations, NGOs and community-based organziations that are active in the
struggle against urban poverty and all of its ramifications.  The overall
theme of this year's conference is "Social Integration and Security for the
Urban Poor: Cities for All."    

Anyone interested in attending the forum should contact: 

Brian Williams, Transport Focal Point
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat)
P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone: (254 2) 623-916
FAX: (254 2) 624-265
EMAIL: Brian.Williams at unchs.org
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Dr A. Rahman Paul BARTER
Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (SUSTRAN)
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(old address tkpb at barter.pc.my has been cancelled)
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people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport 
with a focus on Asia and the Pacific.