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Realization of the Right to Adequate Housing

A/RES/41/146No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1987.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1987–1988
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/42/146
  • 1988A/RES/42/146Realization of the right to adequate housingLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1987A/RES/41/146Realization of the right to adequate housing

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Homeless PersonsInternational YearsRight to Housing

What does this mandate say?

5 operative paragraphs
1
Expresses its deep concern that millions of people do not enjoy the right to adequate housing;
2
Reiterates the need to take, at the national and international levels, measures to promote the right of all persons to an adequate standard of living for themselves and their families, including adequate housing;
3
Calls upon all States and international organizations
concerned to intensify their efforts to achieve the objectives and goals of the International Y ear of Shelter for the Homeless;
4
Requests the Commission on Human Rights and the Economic and Social Council to give special attention during the International Year ofShelter for the Homeless to the question of the realization of the right to adequate housing;
5
Requests the Secretary-General to pay appropriate attention to the question of promoting the right to adequate housing in the information he is to provide to the General Assembly on the results of the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless.

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