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From the beginning of his career until 2003, Dimitris Avramopoulos became Honorary President of the Athens’ International Prize for Democracy, under the auspices of UNESCO (Paris). He also became Chairman of the Steering Committee on Cities´ Diplomacy, established by the Global Forum (Rome) and the World Bank Institute (Washington D.C.). He was elected President of the “World Institute of Global and Cities’ Diplomacy”, an independent NGO based in Rome as well as an Executive President of the “World Union of Olympic Cities”, an NGO, according to the Olympic Charter, recognized by the IOC (Lausanne).
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