Implementation of the Outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat Ii)

A/RES/52/190View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 97e Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), published in 1998.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1997–2000

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/54/208

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2000	A/RES/54/208	Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II)	665	26%Compare
1998	A/RES/52/190	Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II)	986	18%Compare
1997	A/RES/51/177	Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II)	2,240	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Administrative Reform Human Settlements Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Urban Management

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the reports of the Commission on Human Settlements on its sixteenth session⁵ and on the implementation of the Global Strategy for Shelter to the Year 2000,⁶ and the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II);⁷

⁵Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 8 (A/52/8).

⁶Ibid., Supplement No.8 (A/52/8/Add.1).

⁷A/52/181-E/1997/77.

Requests the Secretary-General to address urgently the serious management and financial situation at the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) to meet its responsibilities in the implementation of the Habitat Agenda,2 in accordance with Commission on Human Settlements resolution 16/8;⁸

⁸See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 8 (A/52/8), annex I, sect. A.2.

Urges the Executive Director of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) to take further action towards the reform of the administrative and financial management of the Centre pursuant to the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services,3 as well as the relevant reports of the United Nations Board of Auditors and Commission on Human Settlements resolutions 16/8 and 16/19,7 and decisions 16/28 and 16/29;⁹

⁹Ibid, sect. B.

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to it at its fifty-third session the comprehensive and in-depth assessment of the Centre with a view to its revitalization called for in paragraph 19 of resolution 51/177, taking into account Commission resolution 16/8 and other relevant resolutions adopted by the Commission at its sixteenth session;

Urges all Governments and other actors concerned with human settlements and urban management issues, such as local authorities, relevant intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations, parliamentarians, the private sector, trade unions, academicians and other community groups, to implement fully and effectively the Habitat Agenda;

Invites Governments to consider, where appropriate, including in their delegations to future sessions of the Commission, in accordance with the specific conditions of each country, representatives of local authorities and the relevant actors of civil society, particularly the private sector, non-governmental organizations and research organizations, in the field of adequate shelter for all and sustainable human settlements development;

Affirms that, in a rapidly urbanizing world, the pivotal role of local authorities in the implementation of the Habitat Agenda should be recognized and enhanced;

Requests all relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, including the regional commissions, and invites the Bretton Woods institutions, to support fully the effective implementation of the Habitat Agenda, at all levels, and to enhance their cooperation for that purpose, with a view to promoting an integrated, interrelated and coherent implementation of, and coordinated follow-up to, the outcomes of United Nations conferences;

Stresses that the full and effective implementation of the Habitat Agenda, in particular in all developing countries, especially those in Africa and the least developed countries, will require the mobilization of additional financial resources from various sources at the national and international levels and more effective development cooperation in support of national efforts in order to promote assistance for shelter and human settlements activities;

Invites all Governments and the international community to consider providing further support to the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation in its activities, taking into account the need to continue to improve its effectiveness;

Invites the Commission on Human Settlements to promote the use of a set of key indicators to be developed further by the Centre and used by Governments, as appropriate, for national and local monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the Habitat Agenda;

Decides to hold a special session of the General Assembly in the year 2001 for an overall review and appraisal of the implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), the modalities of which will be decided on at its fifty-third session;

Invites the Economic and Social Council to consider devoting one high-level segment before the year 2001 to human settlements and the implementation of the Habitat Agenda;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session the sub-item entitled "Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II)".

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