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Bucharest © Götz
At the sixth European forum in Bucharest, Romania, from 23 to 24 April 2008, the change in leadership at European level was finalised.
The focus of the forum was the impact of climate change and global warming on cities. In addition, there was discussion of the conclusions to be drawn from the study initiated by the GPH "Implementing the goals and principles of the Habitat Agenda in the Legislation of the Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, Romania and Turkey during the period 1996-2005".
New elections held during the sixth European forum led to changes in the leadership of the boards of directors of the GPH and GPH Europe. Peter Götz (Germany) was unanimously elected to succeed Senator Eloy Cantú Segovia (Mexico) as President of the Board of Directors of the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat. The participating parliamentarians elected Senator Traian Constantin Igaş (Romania) as president of the board of directors of GPH Europe. New elections were held for the entire European board of directors as well.