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Causes: International, International Human Rights
Programs: The organization participated in the 31st international conference of mayors. Mayors from all over the world particpated in the conference, which was held in jerusalem from november 14 to 18, 2016. Among the participants were the mayors of beverly hills, bridgeport, irving, miami beach, in the us, the mayor of tainan in taiwan, lviv, in the ukraine, san miguelito in panama, homabay county in kenya, jaen in spain, george in south africa and viseu in portugal. The visiting mayors toured the holocaust history museum, participated in a memorial ceremony in the hall of remembrance, visited the children's memorial and signed the yad vashem guest book. The visiting mayors also met with high-level officials and local government leaders, as well as israeli nobel prize laureates and hi-tech entrepreneurs. During the conference, the achievements of israel in the areas of technology and urban development were presented.