Human Settlements

A/RES/48/176View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 91g Human settlements, published in 1994.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 1981–1994

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1994	A/RES/48/176	Human settlements	746	14%Compare
1986	A/RES/40/202	Human settlements	410	38%Compare
1985	A/RES/39/170	Human settlements	313	26%Compare
1984	A/RES/38/167	Human settlements	550	—
1983	A/RES/37/223A-C	Human settlements	—	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Appointment of Officials Conferences Human Settlements Institutional Machinery Organizational Structure

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992 (A/CONF.151/26/Rev.1 (Vol. I, Vol. I/Corr.1, Vol. II, Vol. III and Vol.III/Corr.1)) (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigenda), vol. I: Resolutions adopted by the Conference, resolution 1, annex II.

Endorses the report of the Commission on Human Settlements on the work of its fourteenth session; 2/

Also endorses Commission resolutions 14/7 of 5 May 1993 on the strengthening of regional activities, 14/19 of 5 May 1993 on the role and place of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) in the United Nations system and 14/20 of 5 May 1993 on the preparations for the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II); 3/

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) are kept under distinct and separate management and direction, in accordance with their specific mandates and activities;

Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 8 (A/48/8 and Add.1).

Ibid., annex I, sect. A.

Also requests the Secretary-General, in the context of ensuring high-level leadership of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) through distinct and separate management and direction as contemplated in General Assembly resolution 32/162, taking into account relevant recommendations on the ongoing restructuring of the economic and social sectors of the United Nations system as it prepares for the challenges of human settlement development and management in the twenty-first century, as well as preparations for Habitat II, to give full consideration to the views expressed by Member States regarding the leadership of the Centre;

Further requests the Secretary-General to ensure that, in the restructuring of the United Nations system, the Centre is maintained as the global focal point for human settlements, and that its institutional capabilities are strengthened at its headquarters, maximizing the effectiveness of national and regional operations;

Urges all Member States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to contribute to and participate actively in adequate preparations for Habitat II;

Invites the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution and on the progress made in preparations for the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II).

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