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Low-Cost Housing and Related Community Facilities

A/RES/1508(XV)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1961.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
Housing ProgrammesLow Cost HousingPilot ProjectsUrban Development

What does this mandate say?

5 operative paragraphs
1
R.equests Member States to review their housing requirements, policies and programmes as well as the extent of investment in this field from all sources in their countries, and to indicate to the United Nations the areas in which outside assistance is most needed ;
2
Requests the Secretary-General, in connexion with the concerted programme of practical action in this field, to investigate in consultation with interested Member States the possibility of obtaining technical services, equipment and funds for establishing or multiplying pilot projects:
a
In low-cost housing and related community facilities, services and utilities in the areas of rapid urbanization in the developing countries ;
( b) In the production from local sources of suitable materials, accessories and construction elements and equipment for the execution of housing and urban development programmes ;
3
Further requests the Economic and Social Council to investigate, on the basis of work already done by its functional commissions and regional economic commissions, the possibilities for domestic and international financing of low-cost housing programmes in less developed countries;
4
Invi.tes the Economic and Social Council to submit to the General Assembly a report on the implementation of the present resolution together with the com- • IIJid., Fifteenth Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/4415). ments of the Social Commission, the regional economic commissions and the sprcialized agencies concerned.
9../3rd plenary mectinff,
12 December 1960.

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