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Declaration on Cities and Other
Human Settlements in the New Millennium
We, the representatives of Governments, being guided by the purposes
and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, meeting at this
special session of the General Assembly to review the implementation
of the Habitat Agenda, to recognize progress, and to identify obstacles
and emerging issues, reaffirm our will and commitment to implement
fully the Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements and the Habitat
Agenda and decide on further initiatives, in the spirit of the United
Nations Millennium Declaration. The Istanbul Declaration and the Habitat
Agenda will remain the basic framework for sustainable human settlements
development in the years to come.
Therefore, we:
A. Renewing the commitments
made at the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat
II)
B. Welcoming progress
in implementing the Habitat Agenda
C. Recognizing gaps and
obstacles
D. Taking further actions
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