Living Conditions of the Palestinian People

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 65Human settlements, published in 1980.

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6 versions · 1977–1982

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3 topics

Living Conditions Palestinians Territories Occupied by Israel

What does this mandate say?

21 operative paragraphs

Notes with satisfaction that the research and ad- 1. vanced training activities of the United Nations University have made substantial progress and achieved increasing distinctiveness in the three priority areasworld hunger, human and social development and use and management of natural resources-and also in the development of interprogramme projects;

Welcomes the active participation of the United Nations University in the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development and encourages the University to continue to intensify its efforts to concern itself with major activities taking place in the United Nations system and thereby further develop its co-operative and co-ordinated relationships with relevant agencies and bodies of the system;

Recognizes that the major activities of the United Nations University are especially concerned with the problems and institutions in developing countries and supports the University's endeavours to ensure broader geographical coverage in its activities;

Notes that, while gratifying progress in fundraising has been made during the past year, the results have not yet proved sufficient to support the programmes of the United Nations University at an adequate level;

Notes with satisfaction that the report transmitted by the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization°0 on the question of Ge Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 31 (A/34/31 and Corr.1).

RO A/34/654. ways and means of promoting the awareness and understanding of the programmes and activities of the United Nations University, with a view to establishing a more stable financial situation, provides promising suggestions for overcoming difficulties confronting the University in this area which require careful study;

Invites the Council of the United Nations University to consider the valuable suggestions and recommendations contained in the above-mentioned report and to submit its findings and, if any, opinions to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session for its further consideration;

Urges the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, as well as the Rector of the United Nations University, to increase their efforts to obtain financial support for the University from all possible sources;

Appeals to all Member States to take cognizance of the achievements of the United Nations University in the important areas of its three programmes and to make substantial contributions to the University Endowment Fund and/or to specific programmes of the University, so that its work can continue to make steady progress.

34/ 113.

Living conditions of the Palestinian people

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Arab territories64 and notes that, although it contains many relevant facts, it has not been sufficiently analytical;

Requests, therefore, the Secretary-General, in collaboration with the relevant United Nations organs and specialized agencies, particularly the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the Economic Commission for Western Asia and the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories, to prepare and submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session a comprehensive and analytical report on the social and economic impact of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Arab territories;

61 Report of Habitat: United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, Vancouver, 31 May-11 June 1976 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.76.IV.7 and corrigendum), chap. I.

62 Ibid., chap. II.

63 Jbid., chap. III.

G4 A/34/536 and Corr. l.

Also requests the Secretary-General, in preparing the above-mentioned report, to consult and co-operate with the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people;

Urges all States to co-operate with the Secretary- General in the preparation of the report.

34/114. Global report on human settlements and periodic reports on international co-operation and assistance on human settlements

Decides that the quinquennial housing survey called for by the General Assembly in its resolution 2598

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should become the "Global report on human settlements" and should be issued every five years, according to the objectives, format and contents set out in paragraphs 10 to 20 of the report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) ;65 2.

Requests the Executive Director of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements to undertake the preparation of a biennial report in 1982, beginning with an interim report in 1981, on the following subjects:

Financial and other assistance provided to and (a) among developing countries for human settlements, and the human settlements activities of the United Nations system, according to the objectives, format and contents set out in sections II and III of the report of the Executive Director,65 as modified by the Commission on Human Settlements;66 (b)

Activities and collaboration between the Centre and non-governmental organizations;

Human settlements activities of intergovernmental organizations outside the United Nations system and co-operation between them and the Centre;

Urges all Member States to provide the necessary information for the preparation of the above-mentioned reports;

Calls upon the Secretariat, particularly the Department of International Economic and Social Affairs and the Department of Technical Co-operation for Development, the regional commissions, the specialized agencies and all other relevant bodies of the United Nations system to provide the necessary information for the preparation of the above-mentioned reports and to collaborate with the Centre in their preparation;

Invites organizations working in the field of human settlements, including intergovernmental organi- 65 HS/C/2/8.

66 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 8 (A/34/8), paras. 89-95. zations outside the United Nations system and nongovernmental organizations, to collaborate wit~ the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements m the preparation of those reports;

Requests the Executive Director of the Uni!ed Nations Centre for Human Settlements, in consultation with the relevant bodies of the United Nations system, to explore the establishment of . efficient mechani~ms for regular and systematic reportmg and consultations for the above-mentioned reports.

United Nations Audio-Visual Information

34/115. Centre on Human Settlements (Vision Habitat)

Recommends that the Executive Director of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) should take the necessary steps to establish a unified information service within the Centre to comprise a suitable range of information and communications skills and capabilities, including an audio-visual component at an appropriate level;

Decides that, upon the termination or expiration of the agreement referred to above, the functions and transferable assets of the United Nations Audio-Visual Information Centre on Human Settlements (Vision Habitat) should be transferred to the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements;

Requests the Secretary-General to consult with the Government of Canada on the appropriate formal

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