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V. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Second Committee ISS 10. Ca/Is upon the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to co-ordinate further the activities ofthe Programme with those of other organi- zations ofthe United Nations system, to co-operate appro- priately with the organizers of the intemational initiatives on the future of the forests, and to report thereon to the Goveming Council; 11. Reaffirms the need to strengthen the co-ordinating role of the United Nations Environment Programme and the need for additional resources to assist developing countries in dealing with serious environmental problems, and urges the Executive Director of the Programme, in consultation with Govemments and the intemational organizations concemed, to accelerate and intensify his efforts in that field; 12. Expresses its appreciation to the Govemments that continue to contribute to the Fund of the United Nations Environment Programme, particularly those that have increased their contributions, and urges those Govem- ments that have not yet paid their pledged contributions to the Fund for 1985 or made pledges for 1986 to do so in the near future. 119th plenary meeting 17 December 1985 40/201. Living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories The General Assembly, Recalling the Vancouver Declaration on Human Settle- ments, 1976,91 and the relevant recommendations for national action92 adopted by Habitat: United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, Recalling also its resolution 39/ l 69 of 17 December 1984, Taking note of Commission on Human Settlements res- olution 8/3 of 10 May 1985,88 Grave/y alarmed by the continuation of the Israeli settle- ment policies, which have been declared null and void and a major obstacle to peace, Recognizing the need to identify priority development projects needed for improving the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories, 1. Takes note with concern of the report of the Secre- tary-General on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories;93 2. Takes note a/so of the statement made on 25 October 1985 by the observer of the Palestine Liberation Organization;94 3. Rejects the Israeli plans and actions intended to change the demographic composition of the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly the increase and expan- sion of the lsraeli settlements, and other plans and actions creating conditions leading to the displacement and exo- dus of Palestinians from the occupied Palestinian terri- tories; 4. Expresses its a/arm at the deterioration, as a result of the Israeli occupation, in the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967; 5. Affirms that the Israelí occupation is contradictory to the basic requirements for the social and economic 9I Report of Habita/: United Natwns Conference on Human Selllements. Vancouver, 31 May-11 June 1976 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.76.IV.7 and comgendum), chap. l. 92 /bid., chap. 11. 93 A/40/373-E/1985/99 development of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories; 6. Requests the Secretary-General: (a) To organize, by April 1987, a seminar on priority development projects needed for improving the living con- ditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestin- ian territories, including a comprehensive general housing programme, as recommended in resolution 8/3 of the Commission on Human Settlements; (b) To make the necessary preparations for the semi- nar, providing for the participation ofthe Palestine Libera- tion Organization; (e) To invite experts to present papers to the seminar; (d) To invite also relevant intergovemmental and non- govemmental organizations; (e) To report to the General Assembly at its forty-first session, through the Economic and Social Council, on the preparations for the seminar; (/} To report to the General Assembly at its forty- second session, through the Economic and Social Council, on the seminar. l 19th p/enary meeting 17 December 1985 40/202. Human settlements A REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN SETILEMENTS The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI) of 1 May 1974, containing the Declaration and the Pro- gramme of Action on the Establishment of a New Intema- tional Economic Order, 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974, containing the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, and 3362 (S-VII) of 16 September 1975 on development and intemational economic co-operation, Recalling a/so its resolutions 32/ l 62 of 19 December 1977 on institutional arrangements for intemational co- operation in the field ofhuman settlements and 34/116 of 14 December 1979 on the strengthening of human settle- ments activities, Conscious of the very substantial gap between the resources available through voluntary contributions to the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) and the needs of developing countries requesting assist- ance from the Centre, Having considered the report of the Commission on Human Settlements on the work of its eighth session,95 1. Takes note of the report of the Commission on Human Settlements on the work of its eighth session; 2. Takes note with appreciation of the progress which the Commission and its secretariat, the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), have continued to make in providing guidance and assistance to Govem- ments in their efforts to provide adequate shelter and serv- ices to their people, particularly the poor and disadvan- taged; 3. Calls upon all Govemments to accord the requisite priority in their development and development assistance 94 Offic1al Records of the Genera! 1sseml>ly, Fortieth Se.rnon, Second Com mi/lee, 17th meeting, paras. 93-99 95 ll>1d .. Fortieth Sesswn. Su¡,p,eml'nt No. 8 (A/40/8 and Corr.1 ).

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