The International Association of Peace Messenger Cities (IAMPC) is a
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...
organization of cities around the world that have volunteered to promote peace and understanding between nations.
The movement began in the
International Year of Peace, 1986. During the period 1987–1991, 74 cities were chosen
from among thousands and appointed as messengers of peace by the UN Secretary-General
Javier Perez DeCuellar. Representatives of 63 cities met on 7 and 8 September 1988 in
Verdun
Verdun (, , , ; official name before 1970 ''Verdun-sur-Meuse'') is a large city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department.
Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital ...
, France, to participate "in the building of a world less violent and more humane, a world of tolerance and of mutual respect to enable the requirements of peace based on justice and human rights to be better understood."
The IAMPC was established in 1988 and now administers the programme according to the statute of the association and criteria for membership. The association was established to recognize and encourage the role and responsibility cities have in creating a culture of peace. It was formalized at a General Assembly meeting in
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134 ...
, USA, in 1990. Their first statute was adopted in Marrakech, Morocco, in 1991. The organization was born out of a United Nations General Assembly designation as peace messengers based on the idea that municipal authorities have profound responsibility to assume an active, creative role in establishing a culture of peace within their borders. Member cities of the association meet twice a year with the aim of exchanging programmes, ideas and experience in cities around the globe. The IAPMC has been extensively involved in numerous peace campaigns, banning of anti-personnel landmines campaign,
nuclear non-proliferation,
human rights
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, and has attracted substantial public awareness in peacemaking efforts of the
United Nations Organization
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizi ...
,
Economic and Social Council,
Department of Public Information and other bodies. The participation at the international conferences throughout the years of IAPMC activities has been notable at prominent events such as
World Social Forum
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, First World Conference on City Diplomacy (The Hague, 2008) etc. It has been one of the sponsors and co-organizers of Haifa International Conference for a WMD-Free Middle East in 2013. The organization is also a member of Abolition 2000 and cooperates well with similar organizations, such as
Mayors for Peace
Mayors for Peace is an international organization of cities dedicated to the promotion of peace that was established in 1982 at the initiative of then Mayor of Hiroshima Takeshi Araki, in response to the deaths of around 140,000 people due to the ...
.
Representatives
President: Victor Hadjiavraam, Mayor of
Morphou (Cyprus)
Vice Presidents: Andrzej Pietrasik, Mayor of
Plonsk (Poland), Vincent N'cho, Vice-Governor of
Abidjan District (Ivory Coast)
Secretary-General: Andrej Čas, Mayor of
Slovenj Gradec (Slovenia)
Deputy Secretary-General: Dušan Stojanovič,
Slovenj Gradec (Slovenia)
UN Representative:
Sylvester E. Rowe (New York)
Honorary members
Alfred L. Marder, Honorary President,
New Haven
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(US)
Andre Hediger,
Geneva
, neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier
, website = https://www.geneve.ch/
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...
(Switzerland)
Brian Fitch,
Brighton & Hove (UK)
Sylvester E. Rowe,
New York (US)
Executive board
The following member cities are members of the executive board of IAPMC:
*
Abidjan
Abidjan ( , ; N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, making it the sixth most populous city p ...
(Ivory Coast)
*
Kragujevac (Serbia)
*
Kumanovo
Kumanovo ( mk, Куманово ; also known by other alternative names) is a city in North Macedonia and the seat of Kumanovo Municipality, the largest municipality in the country. Kumanovo lies above sea level and is surrounded by the K ...
(FYR Macedonia)
*
Morphou (Cyprus)
*
Orestiada
Orestiada ( el, Ορεστιάδα, formerly , ''Nea Orestiás''), is the northeasternmost, northernmost and newest city of Greece and the second largest town of the Evros regional unit of Thrace. Founded by Greek refugees from Edirne after the ...
(Greece)
*
Płońsk
Płońsk (; yi, פּלאָנסק, Plonsk) is a town in central Poland with 22,500 inhabitants (2010).
Situated at the Płonka river in the historic region of Mazovia, it is the seat of Płońsk County in the Masovian Voivodeship.
History
Ac ...
(Poland)
*
Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo ...
(Bosnia & Herzegovina)
*
Slovenj Gradec (Slovenia)
*
Volgograd
Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stalingrád, label=none; ) ...
(Russia)
*
Zurrieq (Malta)
General assemblies
* 1988 –
Verdun
Verdun (, , , ; official name before 1970 ''Verdun-sur-Meuse'') is a large city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department.
Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital ...
,
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
* 1989 –
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
* 1990 –
New Haven
New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,023 ...
,
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
* 1991 –
Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of T ...
,
Japan
* 1992 –
Marrakesh,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
* 1993 –
Geneva
, neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier
, website = https://www.geneve.ch/
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...
,
Switzerland
* 1994 –
Arnhem
Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both ban ...
,
The Netherlands
)
, anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau")
, image_map =
, map_caption =
, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands
, established_title = Before independence
, established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
* 1995 –
Lisbon,
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
* 1996 –
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...
,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
* 1997 –
Abidjan
Abidjan ( , ; N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, making it the sixth most populous city p ...
,
Ivory Coast
* 1998 –
Pori,
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
* 1999 –
Kruševac
Kruševac ( sr-cyr, Крушевац, , tr, Alacahisar or Kruşevca) is a city and the administrative center of the Rasina District in central Serbia. It is located in the valley of West Morava, on Rasina river. According to the 2011 census, t ...
,
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...
* 2000 –
Oswiecim, Poland
* 2001 –
Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of T ...
, Japan
* 2004 –
New Haven
New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,023 ...
, United States
* 2005 –
Slovenj Gradec,
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
* 2006 –
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...
,
Canada
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* 2007 –
Kruševac
Kruševac ( sr-cyr, Крушевац, , tr, Alacahisar or Kruşevca) is a city and the administrative center of the Rasina District in central Serbia. It is located in the valley of West Morava, on Rasina river. According to the 2011 census, t ...
, Serbia
* 2008 –
Sochi,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
* 2009 –
Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo ...
,
Bosnia And Herzegovina
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* 2010 –
Limassol
Limassol (; el, Λεμεσός, Lemesós ; tr, Limasol or ) is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the district with the same name. Limassol is the second largest urban area in Cyprus after Nicosia, with an urban population ...
(
Morphou),
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...
* 2011 –
Kragujevac, Serbia
* 2012 –
Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
* 2013 –
Missolonghi,
Greece
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* 2014 –
Kalavryta
Kalavryta ( el, Καλάβρυτα) is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, south of Aigio, southeast of Patras and ...
, Greece
* 2015 –
Kumanovo
Kumanovo ( mk, Куманово ; also known by other alternative names) is a city in North Macedonia and the seat of Kumanovo Municipality, the largest municipality in the country. Kumanovo lies above sea level and is surrounded by the K ...
,
North Macedonia
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* 2016 –
Wielun, Poland
* 2017 –
Orestiada
Orestiada ( el, Ορεστιάδα, formerly , ''Nea Orestiás''), is the northeasternmost, northernmost and newest city of Greece and the second largest town of the Evros regional unit of Thrace. Founded by Greek refugees from Edirne after the ...
, Greece
Member cities
New member cities can apply for membership, providing they fulfill and comply with the membership criteria, either by contacting the officials (president or secretary-general) or any of the member cities which can propose the new member city at the General Assembly.
As of 2023, the 115 member cities are:
[
]
Joined in 1987
*Abidjan
Abidjan ( , ; N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, making it the sixth most populous city p ...
*Arnhem
Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both ban ...
* Assisi
*Atlanta
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*Bangui
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*Beijing
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* Brighton & Hove
*Buenos Aires
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*Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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*Como
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Its proximity to Lake Como and to the Alps h ...
*Concord
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* Agreement (linguistics), a change in the form of a word depending on grammatical features of other ...
*Dakar
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* Delphi
*Dhaka
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*Florence
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*Geneva
, neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier
, website = https://www.geneve.ch/
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...
* Hammam-Lif
*Helsinki
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* Hiroshima
*Kyiv
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Kyi ...
*Copenhagen
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* Kragujevac
* L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
* La Paz
* La Plaine sur Mer (a suburb of Nantes)
*Lima
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*Lomé
Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437
*Madrid
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*Maputo
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* Marrakech
*Marzabotto
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*Melbourne
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*Minsk
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*Moscow
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*Nagasaki
is the capital and the largest Cities of Japan, city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
It became the sole Nanban trade, port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hi ...
*New Delhi
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*New Haven
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* Pori
*Prague
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*Ravenna
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*Rijswijk
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The municipality also includes t ...
*Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
*San Francisco
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* San José, Costa Rica
*Saint Petersburg
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*Sheffield
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* Sochi
*Split
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Places
* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia
* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
* Split Island, Falkland Islands
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Arts, entertai ...
* Stockholm
*Tbilisi
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*Toronto
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*Vancouver
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*Verdun
Verdun (, , , ; official name before 1970 ''Verdun-sur-Meuse'') is a large city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department.
Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital ...
*Villa el Salvador
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*Volgograd
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*Warsaw
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*Vienna
en, Viennese
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, registration_plate = W
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*Wollongong
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*Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of T ...
Joined in 1988
* Košice
* Liège
* Lisbon
*Wrocław
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Joined in 1989
* Antwerp
* Bogotá
*Tashkent
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* Slovenj Gradec
Joined in 1990
*Berlin
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*Kruševac
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Joined in 1991
* Bandung
*Coventry
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* Quito
*Tokyo
*Vladivostok
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Joined in 1997
*Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Joined in 1998
*Oświęcim
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*Płońsk
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* Lublin
Joined in 1999
* Morphou
* Libreville
Joined in 2000
* Suwon
Joined in 2001
*Havana
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Joined in 2004
* Milton Keynes
Joined in 2005
*Sarajevo
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*Milan
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Joined in 2006
*Freetown
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* Jeju
Joined in 2007
* Puebla
Joined in 2008
* Paju
*Kotor
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*Kyrenia
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While there is evidence showing that the wider region ...
*Wieluń
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Joined in 2009
*Barcelona
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* Caracas
*Friedrichshafen
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*Kumanovo
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*Mexico City
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* Yamoussoukro
*Ypati
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*Zagreb
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Joined in 2010
* Kantanos
Joined in 2011
* Messolonghi
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* Poltava
* Torun
Joined in 2012
* Berane
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Joined in 2014
* Kalavrita
* Ljubljana
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* Orestiada
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* Sparta
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* Zurrieq
Joined in 2015
* Strumica
Joined in 2017
* Rostock
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Joined in 2018
* Lefkoniko
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* Prilep
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* Sremski Karlovci
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