A/RES/3129(XXVIII) GA

48 General Assembly-Twenty-eighth Ses~ion Having considered the recommendations of the Gov- erning Council of the United Nations Environment Pro- gramme at its first session40 arising from the report of the Secretary-General41 prepared in response to General Assembly resolution 3001 (XXVII) and from the re- port of the meeting of experts held at Vancouver, Canada, from 8 to 12 May 1973, 42 as well as the com- ments of the Economic and Social Council thereon, 411 Stressing the urgent need for early and co-ordinated action by members of the international community to safeguard and improve the quality of life in human settlements in view of accelerating urbanization throughout thc world, which is often accompanied by rural depopulation, Bearing in mind the importance to the over-all ob- jectives of the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade44 of the improvement in the quality of life in human settle- ments in developing countries as an integral component in the process of development, Welcoming the co-operative participation of the United Nations Environment Programmc and the Cen- tre for Housing, Building and Planning in the detailed planning for the Conference-Exposition, Requesting that the Secretary-General take into account, in the preparations for the Conference- Exposition, the results and recommendations of other international conferences, including the World Popu- lation Conference to be held in 1974, l. Decides that the United Nations Conference- Exposition on Human Settlements will take place in Vancouver, Canada, from 31 May to 11 June 1976; 2. Endorses in general the recommendations put forth by the Governing Council o.° the United Nations Environment Programme regarding the purposes, ob- jectives and method of financing of the Conference- Exposition; 3. A f]irms that the main purposc of the Conference- Exposition should be to serve as a practica) means to exchange information ahout solutions to problems of human settlements against a bread background of en- vironmental and other concerns which may lcad to the formation of policies and actions by Governments and international organizations; 4. Requests the Secretarv-General to assume the over-all responsibility for the Conference-Exposition, bearing in mind the views expressed during the debates of the Governing Council of the United Nations En- vironment Programme at its first session; 5. Establishes a Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference-Exposition on Human Setticments, to advise the Secretary-General, consisting of highly qualified representatives nominated by the Govcrnments of the following Member States: Argen- tin:•, Australia, Austria. Brazil, Burundi ~anada, Cen- tral African Republic, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Czcchoslovakia, Domi1lican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Frnnce, Gabon, German Democratic Hq,ublic, Germany (Federal Rcpublic uf), Ghana, ::ir.:ccc, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Tran. Iraq, Ttaly., 40 O;iú·i<1i l?ecords of thc General Asscmbly, Twenty-ei_,:,hth \c•.si,,n, S11['{'lemc11t No. 25 (A/9025), annex I, decision 4 (I). ,, l INEf', (iC',16 anJ Alld.i -1~ F,,1 1J1c r-"rort nf 1hc Fxccutivc D,:,:ctor on the ,rceting •.·,f cx¡xrt~. ~ee UNEP /GC/L.2. 4c See U[/icial Records of the General Assemb/y, Twenty- eighth Session, Supplemenr No. 3 (A/9003 and Corr.l), chap. XTIT. See also E/ AC'.6/SR.666. H Resolution 262.6 (XX Vi. Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Libyan Arab Republic, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Sierra Lcone, Swcdcn, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tur- key, Uganda, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irl'.- land, United Republic of Tanzania, United Statcs of America, Upper Volta, Uruguay, Yugoslavia, Zaire and Zambia; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to set up im- mediately a small conference secretariat, drawing upon the resources of thc United Nations system, especially those of the secretariat of the United Na- tions Environment Programme and thc Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and to :1ppoint at an early date a Secretary-General who will rcport through the Executive Director of the Unitcd Nations Envirnn- ment Programme and work in clase co-operation with the Under-Secretary-Gcneral for Economic and Soci,11 Affairs, the cxecutive secrctarics of thc regional cco-- nomic commissions and the cxccutivc he;Íds pf thc specialized agencies; 7. Invites the spccialized agencies, thc lntern:t- tion~l Atomic Energy Agency and thc regional ccn- nom1c commissions to collaborate closely with tlic Secretary-General in the preparations for the Confrr- ence-Exposition and to assist, as appropriate. in tlic work of the Preparatory Committec, in order to he fullv able to share in the results of the Confcrcnce-Expo~t- tion and in the action following therefrom; 8. Urges the intergovernmental and non-govern- me!1tal org~nizations concerned to lcnd every possibk 1Ss1stance m the preparations for thc Confcrcn,·,· - Exposition; 9. Requests the Secretary-Gcneral ,md thc regional economic commissions, in collaboration with thc Pr\'.- paratory Committee, to take the neccssary stcps, as ~art of t~e preparations for the Conferencc-E-xposi - t10n, to brmg to global attention the naturc and rclativc importance of the problems of human settlements; 10. Requests the Sccretary-Gcncr::il to suhmit hril·[ progress reports, through the Governing C"ouncil , if the United Nations Environment Programme, tn tlh' General Asscmbly ::it its twcnty-ninth and thirtictl! sessions. 2199th p!enar_v meetin.~ 13 Decelllbcr 1973 3129 (XXVJIJ). Co-operation in 1h1· fü,Jr] of tlw environnu•nt eoncernin¡,!; ~iatural r1•!mu1Ti·-1 shared hy two or mort• Statt>s The General Assembly, Reaf]irming principles 21, 22 and 24 of the DccLu:1- tion of the United Nations Confercnce on thc H11m:111 Environment,·1" hcld at Stockholm from 5 tn J 6 Jm, 1972, Rccalling its rc-solutions 2995 ( XXVTl). '.:' 1)' /'. (XXVII) and 2997 (XXVII) of 15 Dcccmhn 1<r/.: relating to co-operaticm herwecn Statcs ir; thc líL·lcl the environment, t0 international rc:,ponsihilit, States in rcgard to thc c11, ironrncnl anti id thc ,i~t.: Iishment of thc Gon:rnim~ Council uf the Unik,1 N.• tions Env1ronmenl Prograrnmc, rcspcctiwiy. 45 See Report of tlze Unitcd Nation.1· Conf Prencc on t/1,. Human Environment (United Nations publication, Sales No .. E.73.II.A.14), chap. l. Resolutioru1 adopted on the report8 of the Second Committee 49 Reafji,rming the duty of the international community to adopt measures to protect and improve the environ- ment, and particularly the need for continuous intema- tional collaboration to that end, Convinced of the need to pursue, in the field of the environment, the elaboration of intemational norms conducive to the achievement of those purposes, Taking note with satisfaction of the important Eco- nomic Declaration adopted by the Fourth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Coun- tries, held at Algiers from 5 to 9 September 1973,48 Conscious of the importance and urgency of safe- guarding the conservation and exploitation of the na- tural resources shared by two or more States, by means of an effective system of co-operation, as indicated in the above-mentioned Economic Declaration of Algiers, l. Considers that it is necessary to ensure effective co-operation between countries through the establish- ment of adequate intemational standards for the con- servation and harmonious exploitation of natural re- sources common to two or more States in the context of the normal relations existing between them; 2. Considers further that co-operation between countries sharing such natural resources and interested in their exploitation must be developed on the basis of a system of information and prior consultation within the framework of the normal relations existing be- tween them; 3. Requests the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Prograrnme, in keeping with its function of promoting international co-operation ac- cording to the mandate conferred upan it by the Gen- eral Assembly, to take duly into account the preceding paragraphs and to report on measures adopted far their implementation; 4. Urges Member States, within the framework of their mutual relations, to take fully into account the provisions of the present resolution. 2199th plenary meeting 13 December 1973 3130 (XXVIII). Criteria governing multilateral financing of homiing and human settlements The General Assembly, Having considered tbe report of the Governing Coun- cil of the United Nations Environment Programme on the work of its first session,47 Recalling its resolutions 1393 (XIV) of 20 Novem- ber 1959, 1508 (XV) of 12 December 1960, 1676 (XVI) of 18 December 1961, 1917 (XVIII) of 5 De- cember 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 reso- lution 1170 (XLI) of 5 August 1966, 48A/9330 and Corr.1, p. 57. 41 Ofjicial Records o/ the General Assembly, Twf'n/y-eighth Session, Supp/ement No. 25 (A/9025). Mindful of the aims expresscd in the Prcamblc and in Articles 55 and 56 of the Chartcr of the Unitcd Nations concerning the employmcnt of international machinery for the promotion of thc economic and social advanccment of all pcoples, Considering the important role assigncd to housing as part of the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Devclopment Decadc,48 Further recalling that in its resolution 2718 (XXV) the General Assemblv set out broad directions and measures essential for· the improvcmcnt of human set- tlements, Reaffirming in particular recommcndations 1, 15, 16 and 17 of the Action Plan for thc Human Environ- ment49 adopted by the United N ations Confcrencc on the Human Environment, held at Stockholm frorn 5 to 16 June 1972, Noting the high priority accorded to human scttlc- ments and human health, habitat and well-being by the Governing Counc1, of the United Nations Environ- ment Programme at its first session, Noting the rapid deterioration of the world-wide human settlement situation and its effect on the qualitv of life of vast numbers of people, · Recognizing the need for intcrnational efforts to de- velop new and additional approaches to these problcms, espccially in thc developing countrics, Recalling its resolution 2998 (XXVTl) of 15 Dc- cember 1972, Noting that the rcport of the Secretary-General5º shows no evidence of the identification or establishment of ncw criteria, as envísaged in General Assembly rcso-- lution 2998 (XXVII), 1. l\equests the Secretary-General to undertakc, as a matter of priority, the comprehensive analytical study envisaged in General Assembly resolution 2998 (XXVII), which would provide new criteria govcming lending and interest rates for housing and human settkmt.:nts by intcrnational institutions; 2. Recommends that any new criteria should also be applicable in principie to any institt1tion or arrangc- ment emanating from resolution 2999 (XXVH) or from any other action by the General Assembly re garding the financing of housing and human settlement~; 3. Requests the collaboration and co-operation uf the lntemational Bank for Reconstruction and Devclor- ment, the Goveming Council of the Unitcd Nations Environment Programme and the Unitcd Nations Dc-- velopment Programme with the Secrctary-Gcneral in undertaking thc abovc-mcntioned study; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to rcport to tlw General Assembly at its twenty-ninth session on tlw implernentation of thc present resolution. 48 Resolution 2626 (XXV). 2199th plenary meeting 13 December 1973 49 See Report of thl' Unitcd Nati,ms Conferem e on tite, Human Envirm:m,,,zt ( United Nations publication, Sa!Ps 1'!<>. E.73.ILA.14), chap. lL M A/9163.

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