Acknowledgements

Several persons and institutions contributed to the realization of this publication. The encouragement and professional assistance from the personnel of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), in particular from Blandine Blukacz-Louisfert, Jacques Oberson and Irina Roffe, has been invaluable. We would also like to thank Miranda Patel and Mark Wyers for their language corrections and copy-editing of the manuscript. We are equally grateful to all the authors of the city introductions for their enthusiastic and disciplined collaboration, and to Marie-Laurence Flahaux, Pascale Iserbiet, Amélie Leybaert, Nicolas Marquis, Jacques Marquet, Bernardine Pejovic, Diego Rodríguez Vallejo, Adeline Rosenstein, Charles Van Onselen and Anne-Laure Wibrin for their various forms of support. Thanks also to the Institut d’analyse du changement dans l’histoire et les sociétés contemporaines (IACCHOS) from the Université catholique de Louvain, the Fonds national de la recherche scientifique (Belgium) and the UNOG for their material contribution to this project.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Gender Equality

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions