1. Urges Member States to carry out population and housing censuses during the period 1995-2004, taking into account international and regional recommendations relating to population and housing censuses and giving particular attention to advance planning and timely dissemination of census results to all users; 2. calls upon Member States to continue to provide census results to UN and other appropriate intergovernmental organizations to assist in studies on population, environment and socio-economic development issues and programmes; 3. requests the Secretary-General to proceed with the development of the 2000 World Population and Housing Census Programme.

Adopted without vote, 44th meeting

Adopted at the 44th plenary meeting, 19 July 1995.
In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council: organizational session for 1995, New York, 1 and 7-10 February 1995; resumed organizational session for 1995, New York, 4 and 5 May, 1 and 6 June 1995; substantive session of 1995, Geneva, 26 June-28 July 1995; resumed substantive session of 1995, New York, 25 October, 2 November and 12 December 1995 - E/1995/95 - p. 17-18 - (ESCOR, 1995, Suppl. no. 1).