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MAYOR CAMPBELL ANNOUNCES
ATLANTA-NUREMBERG SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP

Mayor Bill Campbell today announced that on his behalf a delegation under the leadership of Atlanta City Council member Vern McCarty has signed a Sister City Agreement between Atlanta and the German City of Nuremberg.  The two cities will explore a closer cooperation in the areas of economic, cultural and educational development.

"We are very happy to officiate ties with the city of Nuremberg, Germany as our newest Sister City," said Mayor Campbell.  "It is a very promising relationship that is already beginning to blossom with the cooperation between institutions of higher learning in our two cities."

In addition to Council member McCarty, the Atlanta delegation includes: 
Ms. Steronica Dunston, Office of International Affairs for the City of Atlanta; Mr. Nick Gold, Press Secretary and Spokesman for Mayor Bill Campbell; Professor Dr. Augustine O. Esogbue, Vice Chair, Atlanta Sister Cities Commission; Dr. Frank D. Larkins, Chair, Nuremberg/Atlanta Sister
Cities Committee; Dr. Fenwick Huss, Director, Institute of International Business, Georgia State University; and Mr. Daniel E. Kinsey, Institute of International Business, Georgia State University.

A reciprocal Nuremberg delegation is planned to visit Atlanta in 1999.
 
 

Photograph above shows Official Signing Ceremony of the Sister City agreement in Schonen Sall des Rathauses Wolffscher Bau. L - R: Council Member Vern Mc Carty; Lord Mayor of Nuremberg, Ludwig Scholz.
 
 

Photograph above shows the Display and presentation of the Proclamation from the Atlanta Sister Cities Commission. L - R: Council Member Vern Mc Carty; Prof. Dr. Augustine O. Esogbue - Atlanta Sister City Commission; Lord Mayor of Nuremberg, Ludwig Scholz.
 
 

Photograph above shows: Members of the Atlanta Official Delegation in front of the "Chariot" for the ride to the Official Luncheon celebrating the Sister City relationship. L - R: Prof. Dr. Augustine O. Esogbue; Ms. Steronica Dunston; Council Member Vern Mc Carty; Nick Gold; Thomas Kosse and Frank Larkins