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	Earth Negotiations Bulletin
		The Habitat Agenda and the Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements, adopted during the Conference, outlined commitments and strategies to address shelter and sustainable human settlements, emphasizing themes of partnership and local action.
		Habitat II, as the culmination of a cycle of UN conferences, witnessed the groundbreaking participation of local authorities, the private sector, parliamentarians, NGOs and other partners in the implementation of the Habitat Agenda.
		Topics to be covered today include the structure of discussions among Habitat Agenda partners and the Recommendations of the 18th Session of the CHS and of the year 2000 coordinating segment of ECOSOC.
	www.iisd.ca /vol11/enb1138e.html (1552 words)

	- General Assembly Renews Commitment to Principles of Habitat Agenda, Pledges Accelerated Drive to Ensure Full ...
		In order to achieve the objectives of the Habitat Agenda, it would be highly desirable to integrate -- into an international initiative to combat poverty -- the manufacture of housing units, the restoration of unplanned units, and the provision of social services.
		Effective implementation of the decisions of Habitat II is the key to change, yet during the past five years, many more people have become homeless as a result of civil wars, droughts, famines and unsustainable development strategies adopted by many governments in the name of poverty- and unemployment-reduction.
		Reiterating the need to integrate the local Agenda 21 process in the global plan of action for the implementation of the Habitat Agenda, the participants also reiterated that governments, local authorities and other partners should regularly monitor and evaluate their own performances, identify and disseminate best practices and apply shelter and human settlements development indicators.
	www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/pressrels/2001/ga9877.html (9084 words)

	Communication from the European section of Habitat International Coalition, NGO in Consultative Status
		The follow-up of Habitat II Looking back to the Habitat II Conference one can note that it was generally recognized that the first responsibility for trying to achieve the goals of adequate housing for all and sustainable human settlements rested with individual countries.
		The Habitat Agenda is not understood as a booster in the housing sector.
		Habitat II has opened a new perspective to these NGOs because governments have confirmed the urgency of such goals and committed themselves to work for their implementation.
	www.globenet.org /aitec/chantiers/urbain/habitat2/HIC1999.htm (2010 words)

	The Habitat Agenda
		The Habitat Agenda set out the framework for what was needed to achieve sustainable human settlements and adequate shelter for all.
		To work toward achieving the goals set out in the Habitat Agenda, we believe the path starts with a commitment to democracy and respect for human rights.
		That the Special Session recognize the importance of the family in the implementation of the Habitat agenda;
	www.state.gov /p/io/rls/rm/2001/1134.htm (717 words)

	MAHN: Habitat II and U.S. Implementation: Background and Overview
		The Habitat Agenda makes clear that it is up to the state to ensure the coherence of housing policy and to guarantee its implementation within the human rights framework; the state also has special responsibilities to groups unable to participate in or excluded from the housing market.
		The Habitat Agenda does make clear that it is up to the state to ensure the coherence of housing policy and to guarantee its implementation within the human rights framework; the state also has special responsibilities to groups unable to participate in or excluded from the housing market.
		But the Agenda also emphasizes that the realization of the right to adequate housing is not dependent on the state alone, and adopts what it refers to as the "enabling approach," which calls on government to facilitate and promote public-private partnerships for housing development and services.
	www.nlihc.org /mahn/habitat.htm (6464 words)

	Habitat-Norge.org
		Habitat Norway is a Norwegian non governmental organisation with the overall aim to promote the interest and awareness of settlement issues around the world.
		Habitat Norway is a member of the Habitat International Coalition.
		Habitat Norway arranges a seminar in October each year in celebration of the World Habitat Day.
	www.habitat-norge.org /index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=5 (141 words)

	AGENDA #4f \| Habitat Sunrise Road Loan Extension
		The purpose of this memorandum is to respond to a request from Habitat for Humanity to modify the terms of a loan between the Town and Habitat for the acquisition of property on Sunrise Road (please see Attachment 1).
		Adoption of the attached resolution would authorize modification of the terms of a Performance Agreement between the Town and Habitat for Humanity to extend the repayment date of a loan for the acquisition of property on Sunrise Road from February 28, 2006 to February 28, 2007.
		Habitat has submitted a revised Concept Plan to the Town for the development of the property, including newly acquired property on Ginger Road, and is working on a formal development application for submittal to the Town.
	townhall.townofchapelhill.org /agendas/2006/02/27/4f/habitat_sunrise_rd_ext.htm (472 words)

	ONE COUNTRY
		The Conference's final document, the Habitat Agenda, fortifies international principles on such issues as the right to adequate housing, the need for long-term sustainability in human settlements, and the importance of international cooperation in addressing problems like urban in-migration and finance.
		As well, the involvement of civil society at Habitat II was advanced by an innovation in the process by which governments received subsidiary information about the issues under discussion.
		Some say this notion - and its reflection in the Habitat II process - is the harbinger of a new mode of participation in the processes of governance by the world's peoples, especially at the local level.
	www.onecountry.org /oc81/oc8101as.html (1654 words)

	UN-NGLS Publications: NGLS Handbook
		The Habitat Agenda is the Global Plan of Action adopted by the Habitat II Conference.
		Habitat is the UN task manager for the human settlements chapter of Agenda 21, adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 1992.
		A major feature of the Habitat II Conference was participation of different groups from civil society in the official conference, as well as in the Istanbul Dialogues for the 21st Century and other parallel activities.
	www.unsystem.org /ngls/documents/publications.en/ngls.handbook/a13unchs.htm (1726 words)

	HABITAT PROFESSIONALS FORUM
		The Habitat Professionals Forum’s meetings are the platforms to review and assess progress made in the concrete implementation of the Habitat Agenda.
		It provides a means to communicate directly to where the problems of the Habitat Agenda are: on the shop floor of urban renewal in the bigger cities of the world.
		An important feature of the Habitat Professionals Forum is its geographical spread, its chosen locations in world regions where the Habitat Agenda has its first and most important targets: the large cities in the developing countries.
	www.habitatforum.org (1201 words)

	GB.267/5 - Governing Body
		The Habitat Agenda then devotes considerable attention to the positive relationship between shelter and employment, from the perspective of the formal sector construction industry, as well as from that of small-scale construction enterprises and of the informal sector.
		The Habitat Agenda addresses the interrelated realities of urbanization and globalization and their relation to the creation and protection of employment in the formal and informal economies.
		Habitat II brought together the goals and commitments of the World Summit for Social Development, integrating thereby the issues of poverty eradication, employment creation and the fight against social exclusion as they are played out at the local level.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/standards/relm/gb/docs/gb267/gb-5.htm (4442 words)

	HABITAT +30 - About (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Habitat +30 is a three month celebration of the 30th anniversary of Habitat – an international conference held in Vancouver in 1976 that profoundly changed the way that cities and the built environment were viewed and acted upon.
		Habitat +30 is the umbrella under which the majority of varieties of activities will be undertaken over a three month period from March to June, culminating in the World Urban Forum.
		The Habitat Agenda and the Millennium Declaration revitalized the agency and on January 1, 2002, UN HABITAT - the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, became an UN programme on a par with the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations World Food Programme, and the United Nations Environment Programme.
	www.habitatplus30.org /En/about.php (1429 words)

	Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements: UNESCO SHS
		In addition to improving the urban habitat, we must also work to extend adequate infrastructure, public services and employment opportunities to rural areas in order to enhance their attractiveness, develop an integrated network of settlements and minimize rural-to-urban migration.
		Local action should be guided and stimulated through local programmes based on Agenda 21, the Habitat Agenda, or any other equivalent programme, as well as drawing upon the experience of worldwide cooperation initiated in Istanbul by the World Assembly of Cities and Local Authorities, without prejudice to national policies, objectives, priorities and programmes.
		Regarding the implementation of the Habitat Agenda, we fully recognize the contribution of the regional and national action plans prepared for this Conference.
	portal.unesco.org /shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=6097&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html (1130 words)

	Concerned Women for America - Istanbul+5: Redefining Local Control
		Consistent with the purpose of this meeting, this assembly is committed to uphold the Habitat Agenda by implementing language and policies that support and strengthen, not alter, the principles therein.
		A vital element of the Habitat Agenda, as set forth in Paragraph 31, is the role of the natural family in the success of human settlement programs.
		The success of the Habitat Agenda may well depend on the Preparatory Committee seizing the opportunity to enable the natural family to fulfill its irreplaceable role in creating sustainable human developments.
	www.cwfa.org /articledisplay.asp?id=1944&department=CWA&categoryid=nation (728 words)

	NGLS Roundup 79
		Habitat II was widely regarded as a landmark UN event in terms of its inclusive framework of negotiations, and the strong emphasis it gave to partnerships with local authorities and NGOs.
		A cornerstone of the Habitat Agenda is the reaffirmation of adequate housing as a fundamental human right, which many NGOs uphold as a key advocacy tool for the progressive realization of adequate shelter for all, and in their efforts to prevent or counter abuses resulting from forced evictions.
		In this context, Habitat partners and several Member States had voiced their disappointment with the decision taken at the second Preparatory Committee meeting (PrepCom) in February 2001 to hold most of the negotiations on the political declaration (to be adopted at Istanbul+5) in closed sessions (see NGLS Roundup 72).
	www.unsystem.org /ngls/documents/text/roundup/79habgass.htm (3137 words)

	Best Practices & Local Leadership Programme
		In 1978, when Habitat was established, after a meeting in Vancouver known as Habitat I, urbanisation and its impacts were less significant on the agenda of United Nations that had been created over three decades earlier, when two-thirds of humanity was still rural.
		On 1 January 2002, the agency’s mandate was strengthened and its status elevated to that of a fully fledged programme of the UN system in UN General Assembly Resolution A/56/206.
		Key recommendations and fine tuning of the agenda are now underway as strategy clusters for achieving the urban development and shelter goals and targets of the Millennium Declaration - the United Nations’ development agenda for the next 15 to 20 years.
	www.bestpractices.org /sponsors.htm (550 words)

	THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HABITAT II AGENDA
		The Conference, Habitat II, was the culmination of a decade-long series of conferences designed to develop a "blueprint" for international (and ultimately domestic) legal relations during the coming century.
		The Habitat Agenda, finally, formally recognizes the "family" as "the basic unit of society" that "should be strengthened." These developments, viewed from the perspective of current American and European legal trends, are significant.
		She pointed out specific language in the proposed Habitat Agenda that might undermine the family, promote same-sex marriage, and further entrench abortion as the final solution to most of the world's troubles.
	www.xmission.com /~nccs/newsletter/jul98nl.html (2640 words)

	Draft Declaration on Cities and other Human Settlements in the New millennium - Version provisoire de la ...
		In its resolution 1/3 the Preparatory Committee requested UNCHS (Habitat), in close consultation with member States, to prepare a draft declaration to be submitted to the Preparatory Committee for consideration at its second substantive session.
		During the meeting, the experts provided the Secretariat with their observations and advice on the substantive issues which were contained in an initial draft of the Declaration, as prepared by the secretariat, and also on its structure and format.
		Although governments have the primary responsibility for implementing the Habitat Agenda, this decline in international cooperation is a growing cause for concern.
	www.globenet.org /aitec/chantiers/urbain/habitat2/decfinale1.htm (2345 words)

	Revitalizing HABITAT - United Nations Center for Human Settlements UN Chronicle - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In all, 27 resolutions geared to preparing Habitat for a major role in the Agenda's implementation were adopted at the session.
		Although there was consensus in the latest session of the Commission that the involvement of members of civil society was vital to Habitat's work and for the implementation of the Habitat Agenda, several delegations felt that expanding the Commission's membership to include partners from civil society was not "legally tenable".
		Habitat has also been preparing, in collaboration with its partners, a set of general guidelines for tracking progress in the implementation of the Agenda and of the Habitat II National Plans of Action, using housing and urban indicators and through the establishment of a Global Urban Observatory.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1309/is_n3_v34/ai_20267844 (784 words)

	Habitat Agenda
		The Habitat Agenda was adopted by 171 governments at Habitat II, Istanbul 1996.
		The Agenda provides a practical roadmap to an urbanizing world, setting out approaches and strategies towards the achievement of sustainable development of the world’s urban areas.In June 2001, five years after Habitat II, the General Assembly of the United Nations will hold a special session to review and appraise implementation of the Habitat Agenda worldwide.
		The Habitat Agenda in the Pacific: Managing the Transition from the Village to the City in the South Pacific
	www.unescap.org /huset/habitat.html (123 words)

	Habitat, UN-HABITAT partner against poverty housing -- Habitat for Humanity Int'l
		During the forum, Habitat for Humanity International will conduct a workshop, “Housing for All in the New Millennium,” to examine global housing policy and advocacy.
		Habitat for Humanity International, based in Americus, Ga., is a Christian ministry dedicated to eliminating poverty housing.
		By the end of 2005, Habitat will have built its 200,000th house and more than one million people will be living in Habitat homes they helped build and are buying through no-profit, zero-interest mortgages.
	www.habitat.org /newsroom/2004archive/insitedoc007397.aspx (622 words)

	Habitat Agenda Gender Clauses, Chapter 4, Section D
		National mechanisms should be established or improved, as appropriate, to co-ordinate actions at all relevant government levels that have an impact on human settlements and to assess this impact prior to governmental actions.
		Local authorities should be supported in their efforts towards implementing the Habitat Agenda inasmuch as local action is required.
		The United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), together with other relevant organisations, will be responsible for establishing an appropriate process for analysing and monitoring major trends in urbanisation and the impact of urban policies.
	www.hicwas.kabissa.org /bkl4d.htm (2074 words)

	News
		Steering Committee of the Habitat Professionals Forum met in the permanent office of the International Federation of Surveyors FIG in Copenhagen 6-8 December 2002.
		On each of the three days of the special session, the Habitat Professionals Forum convened lunchtime discussions to exchange professional views concerning key aspects of the Habitat Agenda.
		The Habitat Professionals Forum is a group representing several professional organizations concerned with implementation of the Habitat Agenda.
	www.habitatforum.org /news/newsindex.htm (1548 words)

	Habitat
		Anna K. Tibaijuka, distinguished Executive Director of UNCHS (Habitat) for the introduction of the report of the Secretary-General on options for reviewing and strengthening the mandate and status of the Commission on Human Settlements and the status, role and function of UNCHS.
		Our Ministers reaffirmed the importance attached by the international community to the Habitat Agenda, the Istanbul Declaration and Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium, and reiterated the urgency of accelerating the implementation of the provisions of these three instruments.
		We are of the view that Habitat as the focal point for Human Settlements issues and implementation of the Habitat Agenda is responsible for ensuring the realization of the twin goals of the Agenda: Adequate shelter for all and sustainable human settlements development in an urbanizing world.
	www.g77.org /Speeches/112001.htm (838 words)

	The U.N. Plan For Global Control: The Habitat II Agenda
		The similarities between the Communist Manifesto and the UN agenda (outlined in the Beijing Declaration and incorporated into the Habitat Agenda) should be a call to action.
		Local Agenda 21 (UN): "The first task of such a Stakeholder Group is to formulate a Community Vision which describes the community's ideal future and expresses a local consensus...." (p.
		Agenda 21: Use "neighborhood surveys, community meetings, and public forums to directly engage the resident population in identifying and analyzing issues...." (p.
	www.crossroad.to /text/articles/hab2.html (3294 words)

	- Youth for Habitat International Network -
		Youth Association for Habitat and Agenda 21 (YFHIN-Turkey) is serving as the secretariat of the network and implementing projects for Habitat Agenda and Agenda 21 at the national level.
		The International Youth Follow-up for Habitat and Agenda 21 held in Eskisehir-Turkey adopted the name of the organization as "Youth for Habitat International Network." The Secretariat of Youth for Habitat International Network signed a Memorandum of Understanding with United Nations Center for Human Settlements (UNCHS) on 29 May 1998.
		Qualifications for being a resource person are eg, experience from work related to Habitat II Conference and implementation of the Habitat Agenda and Agenda 21, and youth activities on these issues, as well as contacts within the UN system, governments, private sector and/or NGOs.
	www.youthforhab.org.tr /network/abouth/abouth.htm (1194 words)

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