Implementation of the Outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat Ii) and Strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (Un-Habitat)

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 20 Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), published in 2012.

What other versions does this mandate have?

12 versions · 2005–2016

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/70/210

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2016	A/RES/70/210	Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)	8,205	13%Compare
2015	A/RES/69/226	Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)	2,614	29%Compare
2014	A/RES/68/239	Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)	1,866	21%Compare
2013	A/RES/67/216	Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)	1,689	19%Compare
2012	A/RES/66/207	Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)	1,939	23%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

12 reports · 2005–2016

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2016	A/71/347	Implementation of the outcomes of the United Nations Conferences on Human Settlements and on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/210
2015	A/70/210	Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/69/226
2014	A/69/298	Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/68/239
2013	A/68/332	Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/67/216
2012	A/67/263	Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/66/207

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Cities Climate Change Greenhouse Gas Emissions Housing Human Settlements Urban Poverty

What’s in this document?

18 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the coordinated implementation of the Habitat Agenda,¹⁰ on the implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)¹¹ and on the third United Nations conference on housing and sustainable urban development (Habitat III);¹²

¹⁰See A/66/326.

¹¹A/66/281.

¹²A/66/282.

Decides to convene in 2016, in line with the bi-decennial cycle (1976, 1996 and 2016), a third United Nations conference on housing and sustainable urban development (Habitat III) to reinvigorate the global commitment to sustainable urbanization that should focus on the implementation of a “New Urban Agenda”, which should build on the Habitat Agenda,4 the Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium5 and the relevant internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,1 and the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development¹³ and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation,3 and the outcomes of other major United Nations conferences and summits;

¹³Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.

Acknowledges, in this regard, the importance of the forthcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012;

Emphasizes that the Conference and the preparatory process should take full advantage of planned meetings by aligning with the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth sessions of the Governing Council of UN-Habitat and with the sixth and seventh sessions of the World Urban Forum, and encourages the regular regional ministerial conferences on housing and urban development and other relevant expert group meetings to support the activities of the preparatory process, taking into account that the Conference and the preparatory process should be carried out in the most inclusive, efficient, effective and improved manner;

Decides to consider before the end of 2012 the scope, modalities, format and organization of the third United Nations conference on housing and sustainable urban development (Habitat III), in a most efficient and effective manner;

Invites the Secretary-General to appoint the Executive Director of UN-Habitat to serve as Secretary-General of the third United Nations conference on housing and sustainable urban development and to act as focal point on behalf of the United Nations system;

Invites Governments and regional and local authorities, in accordance with national legislation, to enumerate the populations living in slums in their countries, regions and urban areas and, on that basis, to set, with the support of the international community, voluntary and realistic national, regional and local targets, to be attained by 2020, with regard to improving significantly the lives of slum-dwellers, in line with resolution 23/9 of the Governing Council of UN-Habitat;8

Invites UN-Habitat to provide, within its current budget and in line with its medium-term strategic and institutional plan for the period 2008–2013, or its subsequent strategic plan, technical and advisory assistance to Governments and regional and local authorities wishing to assess their slum population levels and trends, set voluntary national, regional and local 2020 targets, prepare national, regional and local slum prevention and upgrading strategies and plans, formulate and implement slum upgrading and housing programmes and monitor the progress of implementation, and to report periodically to the Governing Council and the General Assembly;

Welcomes the progress made by UN-Habitat in the implementation of its medium-term strategic and institutional plan for the period 2008–2013, and takes note of the conclusions of the midterm review of the implementation of the plan submitted to the Governing Council of UN-Habitat at its twenty-third session;¹⁴

¹⁴HSP/GC/23/5/Add.3.

Encourages UN-Habitat to continue to work on the strategic plan for 2014–2019 in consultation with the Committee of Permanent Representatives, in an open and transparent manner, setting realistic and achievable goals for the period it covers;

Takes note of the report of the Executive Director on the review of the governance structure of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme,¹⁵ and encourages UN-Habitat to move this process forward, in cooperation with the Committee of Permanent Representatives, in order to continue on its path towards the improvement of its transparency, accountability, efficiency and effectiveness;

¹⁵HSP/GC/23/2/Add.1.

Notes the request made by the Governing Council of UN-Habitat in its resolution 23/108 that the Executive Director, in building on the lessons learned from the experimental reimbursable seeding operations and slum upgrading facility programmes, shift the focus of the work of UN-Habitat in the area of human settlements financing towards strengthening its normative approaches to urban economy and the promotion of finance for urban upgrading, housing and basic services for the urban poor, while taking into account geographical and regional balance, as well as the request to explore as expeditiously as possible and to select, in consultation with the Committee of Permanent Representatives, a partnership model with development finance institutions for future lending, guarantee and financial advisory services in the urban upgrading and housing finance sectors;

Reiterates its encouragement to UN-Habitat to continue, within its mandate and in line with its medium-term strategic and institutional plan for the period 2008–2013, its existing cooperation on issues related to cities and climate change and to continue to play a complementary role in matters related to climate change within the United Nations system, in particular in addressing the vulnerability of cities to climate change, including through further normative work and expansion of its technical assistance to towns and cities on local action for the mitigation of urban-based greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation to climate change, with a focus on vulnerable urban populations, slum-dwellers, the urban poor and at-risk populations;

Stresses the importance of timely action by UN-Habitat in response to natural and human-made disasters, in particular through its work in addressing post-disaster and post-conflict housing and infrastructure needs through its normative and operational work as part of the continuum from emergency relief to recovery and to urban development through effective urban planning;

Reiterates its support for the dissemination and implementation of the guidelines on decentralization and strengthening of local authorities and the guidelines on access to basic services for all, approved by the Governing Council of UN-Habitat in its resolutions 21/3 of 20 April 2007¹⁶ and 22/8 of 3 April 2009,¹⁷ respectively, and reaffirmed by the Governing Council in its resolution 23/12 of 15 April 2011;8

¹⁶See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 8 (A/62/8), annex I, sect. B.

¹⁷Ibid., Sixty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 8 (A/64/8), annex I, sect. B.

Invites the international donor community and financial institutions to contribute generously to UN-Habitat through increased voluntary financial contributions to the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation, including the Water and Sanitation Trust Fund and the technical cooperation trust funds, and invites Governments in a position to do so and other stakeholders to provide predictable multi-year funding and increased non-earmarked contributions;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)”.

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