United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat Ii)

A/RES/49/109View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 88g United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), published in 1995.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1993–1996

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/50/100

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1996	A/RES/50/100	United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II)	660	33%Compare
1995	A/RES/49/109	United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II)	1,209	—
1993	A/RES/47/180	United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II)	—	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

14 subjects

Budget Contributions Conferences Extrabudgetary Financing Financing Funds Human Settlements Information Dissemination Inter-Agency Cooperation Non-Governmental Organizations Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Recommendations Resolutions and Decisions Resources Mobilization

What’s in this document?

18 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the reports of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) on its organizational session, held at United Nations Headquarters from 3 to 5 March 1993 3/ and its first substantive session, held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 11 to 22 April 1994, 4/ and endorses the decisions contained therein;

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General concerning progress in the preparations for the Conference; 5/

Approves the recommendation contained in decision I/1 of the Preparatory Committee that a third substantive session of the Preparatory Committee, of relatively short duration, be held at United Nations Headquarters early in 1996 to complete the preparatory work for the Conference;⁹

⁹See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 37 (A/49/37), annex I.

Welcomes the recommendations made by the Preparatory Committee in its decision I/2 on preparations at the country, regional and global levels, on the draft statement of principles and commitments and on the draft global plan of action, which is to be structured around the two main themes of the Conference: "Adequate shelter for all" and "Sustainable human settlements development in an urbanizing world"; 8/

Notes with interest the call by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to give the Conference the dimensions of a "city summit", and reaffirms its decision that the Conference should be held at the highest possible level of participation;¹⁰

¹⁰Resolution 47/180, para. 1.

Recommends that the global plan of action of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) take into account the outcome of all relevant United Nations global conferences;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that all relevant organs, organizations, agencies and programmes intensify their efforts and cooperate closely to prepare for the Conference;

Recommends that the inclusion of sustainable human settlements issues, as contained in chapter 7 of Agenda 21, be given appropriate attention within the context of an agenda for development, which is being prepared pursuant to General Assembly resolutions 47/181 of 22 December 1992 and 48/166 of 21 December 1993, and reaffirms that the overall human settlements objective is to improve the social, economic and environmental quality of human settlements and the living and working environments of all people, in particular the urban and rural poor;

Expresses its sincere appreciation to those States and organizations that have made or pledged financial or other contributions in support of the preparatory activities for the Conference, and requests the Secretary-General of the Conference to continue to make every effort to raise the extrabudgetary resources required for Conference activities and preparations;

Renews its appeal to all Governments, especially those of the developed countries and others in a position to do so, and to international and regional financial institutions, to contribute substantially to the voluntary funds established by the General Assembly in resolution 47/180 for the purpose of financing preparatory activities for the Conference and of supporting developing countries, in particular the least developed among them, in participating fully and effectively in the Conference and its preparatory process;

Requests that the work of the Preparatory Committee and the ad hoc secretariat of Habitat II should continue to be funded within existing United Nations budgetary resources to ensure that the Conference will be treated adequately with respect to other global international United Nations conferences;

Takes note of the contributions of the United Nations organizations, agencies and programmes and other relevant organizations active in the field of human settlements to the work of the Preparatory Committee in the discharge of its mandate and invites them to mobilize financial resources to assist developing countries, at their request, in the preparation of their national reports;

Encourages all relevant interested non-governmental organizations, particularly those from developing countries, to participate in, and contribute to the Conference and its preparatory process, on the basis of procedures followed at recent United Nations conferences;

Also encourages the above-mentioned organizations to contribute fully to increasing world awareness of the problems and potential of human settlements as important inputs to social progress and economic growth, and world leaders to commit themselves to making cities, towns and villages in their countries healthy, safe, just and sustainable;

Requests the regional commissions to include in their programme of activities for 1995 an item on the preparations for the Conference, with particular emphasis on preparations in their respective regions, and to submit a report on those preparations to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session;

Calls upon all States to encourage the broad-based participation of local authorities and all relevant actors, including the scientific community, industry, trade unions, non-governmental organizations and the private sector, in the national, regional and international preparatory process and to encourage a wide exchange of information and experience in this respect, in particular on the programmes of work and activities of national committees;

Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in consultation with the Secretary-General of the Conference, to report to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session on the progress made in the preparations for the Conference, including the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fiftieth session, under the agenda item "Sustainable development and international economic cooperation", the sub-item entitled "United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II)".

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