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Article: First ever World Urban Forum begins in Nairobi.
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- May 1, 2002
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M2 PRESSWIRE-1 May 2002-UN: First ever World Urban Forum begins in Nairobi (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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NAIROBI (UN-HABITAT) -- The first ever World Urban Forum was successfully launched today by Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi, the President of the Republic of Kenya. The inauguration was held at the headquarters of UN-HABITAT in Nairobi and was attended by over 600 delegates including about 200 slum dwellers from all over the world. The ceremony began with a candlelit procession and a play about the problems of slum dwellers by a theatre group from the slums of Nairobi.
In his opening address, President Moi reminded the ...