Implementation of the Outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat Ii) and Strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (Un-Habitat)

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 21Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), published in 2011.

What other versions does this mandate have?

12 versions · 2005–2016

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/70/210

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What subjects does this mandate have?

17 topics

Basic Services Cities Climate Change Emergency Relief Financial Resources Housing Finance Human Settlements Information Dissemination Local Government Location of Offices Nairobi (Kenya)Programme Implementation Sustainable Development Technical Cooperation Urban Planning Urban Poverty Urbanization

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2011.

2011A/66/281Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

17 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the coordinated implementation of the Habitat AgendaError: Reference source not found and the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat);

Notes the progress made in response to the request of the Governing Council of UN-Habitat in its resolution 22/5 of 3 April 2009 for a joint examination of the governance of UN-Habitat with a view to identifying and implementing ways to improve the transparency, accountability, efficiency and effectiveness of the functioning of the existing governance structure and to identify options for potential relevant changes for consideration by the Council at its twenty-third session;

Welcomes the commitment by Heads of State and Government at the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals to work towards cities without slums, beyond current targets, by reducing slum populations and improving the lives of slum-dwellers, with adequate support of the international community, by prioritizing national urban planning strategies with the participation of all stakeholders, by promoting equal access for people living in slums to public services, including health, education, energy, water and sanitation and adequate shelter, and by promoting sustainable urban and rural development,Error: Reference source not found and encourages UN-Habitat to continue providing the necessary technical assistance;

Takes note of the outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals,Error: Reference source not found in particular paragraph 77 (k), and in this regard invites the Governing Council of UN-Habitat to consider, at its earliest convenience, appropriate global and national strategies and frameworks for future work, in order to achieve a significant improvement in the lives of slum-dwellers beyond the current slum-related targets, in the light of the continuing increase in the number of slum-dwellers in the world;

Welcomes the progress being made by UN-Habitat in the implementation of its medium-term strategic and institutional plan for the period 2008–2013, and encourages a timely and effective presentation of the conclusions of the midterm review of the plan to be submitted to the Governing Council of UN-Habitat at its twenty-third session;

Supports the dissemination and implementation of the guidelines on decentralization and strengthening of local authorities and the guidelines on access to basic services for all, approved by the Governing Council of UN-Habitat in its resolutions 21/3 of 20 April 2007 and 22/8 of 3 April 2009,Error: Reference source not found respectively;

Encourages UN-Habitat, within its mandate and in line with focus area three of the medium-term strategic and institutional plan for the period 2008–2013, to continue its existing cooperation on issues related to cities and climate change and to continue to play a complementary role in matters related to climate change within the United Nations system, in particular in addressing the vulnerability of cities to climate change, including through further normative work and expansion of its technical assistance to towns and cities on local action for the mitigation of urban-based greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation to climate change, with a focus on vulnerable urban populations, slum-dwellers, the urban poor and at-risk populations;

Recalls the importance of timely action by UN-Habitat in response to natural and human-made disasters, in particular through its work in addressing post-disaster and post-conflict housing and infrastructure needs through its normative and operational work as part of the continuum from emergency relief to recovery to urban development through effective urban planning;

Reiterates its encouragement to the Economic and Social Council to include sustainable urbanization, urban poverty reduction and slum upgrading as a cross-cutting issue in the preparations for and follow-up to the outcome of relevant summits and major international conferences, including the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012;

Invites UN-Habitat to contribute to the preparatory process of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development by providing technical contributions and inputs, as appropriate, to the report of the Secretary-General on the objective and themes of the Conference and to transmit outcomes emanating from its meetings relevant to the themes of the Conference;

Recognizes the progress being made by UN-Habitat to accelerate the provision of finance for the mobilization of seed capital through domestic and other financial resources for shelter and related infrastructure, with due priority to be given to the needs of low-income households, as requested in resolutions 56/206 and 61/206, including through the development of the Experimental Reimbursable Seeding Operations Trust Fund of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation, established by the Governing Council of UN-Habitat in its resolution 21/10 of 20 April 2007,Error: Reference source not found and expresses its interest in the recommendations of the independent evaluation to be presented to the Council at its twenty-third session;

Calls for continued financial support to UN-Habitat through increased voluntary contributions, and invites Governments in a position to do so and other stakeholders to provide predictable multi-year funding and increased non-earmarked contributions to support the implementation of the medium-term strategic and institutional plan for the period 2008–2013;

Invites the international donor community and financial institutions to contribute generously to the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation, including the Water and Sanitation Trust Fund, the Slum Upgrading Facility and the technical cooperation trust funds, to enable UN-Habitat to assist developing countries in mobilizing public investment and private capital for slum upgrading, shelter and basic services;

Emphasizes the importance of the Nairobi headquarters location of UN-Habitat, and requests the Secretary-General to keep the resource needs of UN-Habitat and the United Nations Office at Nairobi under review so as to permit the delivery, in an effective manner, of necessary services to UN-Habitat and other United Nations organs and organizations in Nairobi;

Encourages the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Governing Council of UN-Habitat and in discussion with all the partners of the Habitat Agenda, to consider, in his report to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session on the question of convening in 2016 a third United Nations conference on housing and sustainable urban development (Habitat III), the possibility of integrating the two themes of “housing finance systems” and “sustainable urbanization”, previously suggested as topics for separate high-level events of the Assembly, either into the preparatory process of Habitat III or into a combined theme for a single high-level event;

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

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-sixth session the item entitled “Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)”.

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