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First regional Summit of Women Mayors. (And Other News of Interest).


More than 250 participants from 24 countries attended the first regional SUMMIT OF WOMEN MAYORS and Councilors, organized by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ESCAP European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychology
), other UN bodies and NGOs in Phitsanulok This article is about the city Phitsanulok. For other uses, see Phitsanulok (disambiguation).

Phitsanulok (pop. 84,311) is an important and historic city in lower northern Thailand and is the capital of Phitsanulok Province, which stretches all the way to the
, Thailand Thailand (tī`lănd, –lənd), Thai Prathet Thai [land of the free], officially Kingdom of Thailand, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 65,444,000), 198,455 sq mi (514,000 sq km), Southeast Asia.  on 19 June June: see month. . Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary of ESCAP, said the conference was the beginning of vital initiatives to increase the number of women in local government, and pledged that the Commission would take the lead in implementing the forum's decisions.
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Publication:UN Chronicle
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:00WOR
Date:Dec 1, 2001
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