Criteria governing multilateral financing of housing and human settlements

XXVIII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE
3130. Criteria governing multilateral financing of housing and human settlements

The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on the work of its first session,[1] Recalling its resolutions 1393 (XIV) of 20 November 1959, 1508 (XV) of 12 December 1960, 1676 (XVI) of 18 December 1961, 1917 (XVIII) of 5 December 1963, 2036 (XX) of 7 December 1965, 2598 (XXIV) of 16 December 1969, 2626 (XXV) of 24 October 1970, 2718 (XXV) of 15 December 1970 and 2997 (XXVII), 2999 (XXVII), 3000 (XXVII), 3001 (XXVII) and 3002 (XXVII) of 15 December 1972, Recalling also Economic and Social Council resolution 1170 (XLI) of 5 August 1966, Mindful of the aims expressed in the Preamble and in Articles 55 and 56 of the Charter of the United Nations concerning the employment of international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples, Considering the important role assigned to housing as part of the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade[2] Further recalling that in its resolution 2718 (XXV) the General Assembly set out broad directions and measures essential for the improvement of human settlements, Reaffirming in particular recommendations 1, 15, 16 and 17 of the Action Plan for the Human Environment[3] adopted by the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, held at Stockholm from 5 to 16 June 1972, Noting the high priority accorded to human settlements and human health, habitat and well-being by the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme at its first session, Noting the rapid deterioration of the world-wide human settlement situation and its effect on the quality of life of vast numbers of people, Recognizing the need for international efforts to develop new and additional approaches to these problems, especially in the developing countries, Recalling its resolution 2998 (XXVII) of 15 December 1972, Noting that the report of the Secretary-General[4] shows no evidence of the identification or establishment of new criteria, as envisaged in General Assembly resolution 2998 (XXVII),

1. Requests the Secretary-General to undertake, as a matter of priority, the comprehensive analytical study envisaged in General Assembly resolution 2998 (XXVII), which would provide new criteria governing lending and interest rates for housing and human settlements by international institutions;

2. Recommends that any new criteria should also be applicable in principle to any institution or arrangement emanating from resolution 2999 (XXVII) or from any other action by the General Assembly regarding the financing of housing and human settlements;

3. Requests the collaboration and co-operation of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Development Programme with the Secretary-General in undertaking the above-mentioned study;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-ninth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

2199th plenary meeting,
13 December 1973

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[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/9025). [2] Resolution 2626 (XXV). [3] See Report of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (United Nations publication, Sales No.: E.73II.A.14), chap. II. [4] A/9163.