Housing, Building and Planning

A/RES/2718(XXV)No PDF available

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1971.

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3 versions · 1964–1971

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13 topics

Coordination Within UN System Housing Housing Programmes Land Tenure Land Use Low Cost Housing Physical Planning Recommendations Resources Allocation Self-Help Housing Settlement Planning Settlement Policy Technical Cooperation

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Further recommends that Member States and the United Nations organizations concerned should undertake the following measures for the amelioration of conditions in the field of housing and human settlements:

The elaboration by each country of its national policies and programmes for the development of housing and of a network of human settlements during the 1970s, fully integrated into national development plans, including, if necessary, the elaboration of legal, institutional and physical arrangements relating to urban and rural land use;

( b) The establishment of national and regional centres for studies in planning, designing, social and administrative aspects and experiments in low-cost housing techniques and activities, including increasing use and application of indigenous and, as appropriate, new building materials and local skills;

41 Resolution 2626 (XXV).

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( c) The development of national institutions for training in regional and physical planning, housing and building;

The acceleration of domestic savings through the establishment of appropriate financial practices and specialized institutions, including co-operatives, for financing the housing and construction sector;

( e) Measures for environmental improvement, particularly those that shape the future structure of human settlements;

The expansion of low-cost housing, through both public and private programmes and on a self-help basis, including co-operatives, and the advancement of pilot and demonstration projects on such housing;

Invites developed countries and the international organizations concerned, especially the financial institutions, to provide during the 1970s increased assistance-technical as well as financial-to the developing countries for the purposes enumerated in paragraph 2 above, in accordance with the priorities they have

determined for their development;

Further invites the Economic and Social Council and the Committee on Housing, Building and Planning to consider additional innovative approaches for the improvement of housing and human settlements;

Recommends that, in the elaboration of the work programmes in the field of housing, building and planning within the United Nations and its specialized agencies, particular attention should be paid to programmes and projects of interest to the developing countries;

Requests the Secretary-General also to make available to the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment his report on the problems and priorities in human settlements;

Considers that the Centre for Housing, Building and Planning should play a major role in the formulation and co-ordination of the United Nations programmes and projects relating to the problems of housing and human settlements as well as a catalytic role in their implementation and that, as such, it should be strengthened as a matter of high priority both by a greater allocation of resources and by additional personnel;

Further considers that it is desirable to strengthen regional co-operation in the field of housing, building and planning;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit as soon as possible to the General Assembly, through the Economic and Social Council, an analytical review and progress report on the implementation of the present resolution, taking full advantage of the preparatory work for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment.

15 December 1970.

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