Special session of the General Assembly for an overall review and appraisal of the implementation of the Habitat Agenda

Decides that the special session for an overall review and appraisal of the implementation of the outcome of the UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) will be held in June 2001 for a period of 3 working days; reaffirms that the special session will be undertaken on the basis of and with full respect for the Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements and the Habitat Agenda; decides to invite States members of the specialized agencies that are not members of UN to participate in the work of the special session in the capacity of observers; also decides that the Commission on Human Settlements should serve as the preparatory committee for the special session; stresses the need for the effective participation of local authorities, other Habitat Agenda partners and relevant actors of civil society in the preparatory meetings and the special session; invites Governments to play an active role in the preparatory process; invites the Economic and Social Council to devote its coordination segment in 2000 to human settlements issues and the implementation of the Habitat Agenda; invites the regional commissions to consider convening high-level meetings to review the progress made in implementing the outcome of the Conference; requests the Secretary-General to seek extrabudgetary resources to assist developing countries to send representatives to the sessions of the preparatory committee and the special session of the General Assembly in June 2001 for an overall review and appraisal of the implementation of the Habitat Agenda.

Adopted without vote, 91st meeting

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Adopted at the 91st plenary meeting, 15 Dec. 1998.