Establishment of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation

A/RES/3327(XXIX)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1974.

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Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme 12	Human settlements	73

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Decides that an international institution for human habitat management and environmental design and improvement of human settlements, to be called the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation, be established as from 1 January 1975 in accordance with the operative part of the draft resolution contained in decision 16 A (11) of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme, which is reproduced in the annex to the present resolution.

23 21 st" plenary meeting

16 December 1974

16 A (11) of the Governing Council of the United Nationa

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare, in consultation with the States concerned, a report on the role of the public sector in promoting the economic development of developing countries and to submit it to the Economic and Social Council at its fifty-ninth session;

Recommends that the Economic and Social Council should consider this question further at its fifty-ninth session together with the report of the Secretary-General.

General Assembly-Twenty-nlnth Se■sion

ANNEX 01,erative parl of the draft resolution contained In decislon Environmenl Programme

Re11olution11 adopted on the reporb of the Seeond Committee

(a) The primary operative objective of the Foundation will be to assist in strengthen,ing national environmenta•I programmes relating to human settlements, particularly in the developing countries, through the provision of seed capital and the extension of the necessary technical and financia] assistance to permit an effective mobilization of domestic resources for human habitat and environmentaJ design and improvement of huma.1 settlements, including:

(i) Stimulating innovative approaches to pre-investrnent,

pre-project and financing strategies of human sett>lements activities, while drawing on the accumulated practica! experience of both the pubt.ic and private sectors for mobilization of financia! resources for human habitat and human settlements projects;

( ii) Organizint technical assistance services in human settlements and human habitat management, including training fa1 ilities and human habitat projects;

(iii) Promoting he adaptation and transfer of appropriate scientific am technical knowledge on human settlements projects;

(b) Under the ¡..Jthority and guidance of the Governing Council of the Unih-d Nations Environment Progrltmme, the Executive Director e' the Programme shall be responsible for administering the Fo,mdation and providing the technical and financia! services relat. d to that institution;

(e) The Executive Director is instructed to prepare a plan and programme of operations for the Foundation, for approval by the Governing Cou, 1cil at its third session, which reftect the primary operative objedives of subparagraph (a) above;

(d) Toe Foundation will be initiated on 1 January 1975, by a single allocation o,· $4 million over four years from the Fund of the United Nations Environment Programme, for purposes of seed capital and technical assistance, as envisaged in General Assembly resolution 2999 (XXVII) of 15 December 1972 and for the operative objectives outlined in subparagraph (a) above;

(e) The Executive Director will undertake the establishment of programmes, guideli'les and directives, in connexion with investments for the env,ronmental design and improvement of the human habita! and setNements, in both urban and rural are as;

(f) The Executive Director will undertake to seek the cooperation and support of financia! institutions in developed and developing countries, in fulfilment of the objectives of the Foundation;

(g) In additicn to operational projects undertaken by the Foundation, the United Nations Environment Programme shall have, under its programme priority arca on human settlements, human health, habitat and wel~-being, continuing financia! involvement in research, technical assistance, training and demonstration projects;

Invites the active participation and collaboration of the agencies and bodies within the United Nations system, as well as of regional financia! and technical institutions, in the activities of the Foundation, particularly with regard to seed capital and the financing of operational human settlements projects,

bearing in mind General Assembly resolutions 2998 (XXVII) of 15 December 1972 and 3130 (XXVIII) of 13 December 1973;

Authorizes the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to launch an international fund-raising appeal for a maximum funding of the Foundation;

Notes that due regard must be had for the operations and activities of the Centre for Housing, Building and Planning of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs in order to avoid duplication of effort within the United Nations system.

66 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973, p. 287.

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