Divided Cities: Common & Uncommon April 13, 2009

Representative delegations from four cities -- Derry/Londonderry (Northern Ireland), Mitrovica (two municipalities: one Kosovar and one Serbian), Kirkuk (Iraq) (including the chairman of the Kirkuk provincial council and all the leaders of the ethnic blocs in the council), and Nicosia (Cyprus) (two municipalities: one Greek-Cypriot and one Turkish-Cypriot) -- led by their respective mayors or chief administrators met in Boston, April 14 to 16, 2009, and after three days of intensive interaction decided that the creation of a permanent Forum for Cities in Transition from conflict would be in all their interests.