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UN-HABITAT

United Nations Human Settlements Programme

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. The main documents outlining the mandate of the organization are the Vancouver Declaration on Human Settlements, Habitat Agenda, Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements, the Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium, and Resolution 56/206

Institution Type	International Organization
Street	P.O. Box 30030
City	Nairobi


Country	Kenya
Phone	(254 20) 623120
Fax	(254 20) 623477
E-Mail	infohabitat@unhabitat.org
Website (URL)	http://www.unchs.org/

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