Draft resolution : housing, building and physical planning

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UNITED NATIONS

ECONOMIC

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SOCIAL COUNCIL

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13 February 1969 '.

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ECONOMIC COMJll!SSION.FOR AFRICA Ninth session '. . Addis Ababa, 3-14 February 1'969

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,'HOUSING, BUILDING AND PHYSICAL PLANNING 'Sponsored by Botswana, Nigeria, UAR ' ,The Eo'onomic Ccmmi'ssion for Af'rica,

Recalling General Assembly resolution 2036(XX) of 1965 and the , official tecords of the Economic and Social CoUncil's forty'-second session held in' 1967 .z;supplementNo.4, Report of the' fourth

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of the, Committee on housing, building and pl~ning(E/4 28 72; the'"

CommissionresolMion 53(lV) 6f1962 and i57(VIII) of 1967 , andE60so'c

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resolutions 1170(XLI) of 1967, and 12~4(X1:i:t) ^{of 1968, .}

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with' appreciation the information and recommendations con'tiiilliidillihe doouments entitledg

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,.:It.epor~,.on. the se<;lond sub-regional training course'in' '.c,> '

'aided self-help' and cooperative housing (El3.sternAf:r:ica} ..•.

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Report of the third sub-regional trainingcourse,:icn aided.-, . milf-help andoooperatiYe housing (West Af:dca) (E/CN .14/438)

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Repor.t cfthe: working group of experts On hcuse-building costs (Eastern Africa) (E/CN.14/416 ) ,.,.

Report of the training course for African buildin/S contractors (E/CN~14/417)

• , . Report of the regional me'eting on techl'ii6aland social p:J;blems of ur~anizationwith emphasis on financing of housing' '

(E!CN.14!450),

1. Endorses the work programme for 1969-1970 as contained in document E!CN.14/447,

2. Urges member States to put special emphasis ong

(a) Planning for housing development and executing related land use control and infrastructura1 development;

(b) Promoting

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in the production of standard building materials and components related to the programming and design for house-building;

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(c) Establishing and develop~ngfinancial institutions providing credit in the housing field and providing guarantees for mortgage loans where individual ownership of land is impraoticable;

(d) Organizing special courses for. national building contractors ""long the lines' of s,eminars by ECA;

(e) Providing low cost housing, developBd,sites for aided self··help construction and prqmotingcooper;"tiY,el16using societies,

3. Invites developed countries, the IBRD, the ADB, and other international fina:ncial institutions to review their policy on hou"ing finance - grants and soft loans - for the financing of hoUsing and related facilities, and assist in the provision and use,of training, facilities in Africa and elsewhere,

4. Requests the Executive Secretary to take all :necessar'Y,measures in collaboration with specialized agencies to help member states

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(a) accelerate improvement of the housing situation, (b) to mobilize fina:ncial and tE;chnic:al resour-cesfrom the' induS trialize'd countrie" and appropri~~e'financial organizations, (c) to promote training at all

lev,els in the

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development offinanclal institutions and in the building industry, ingluding cooperative housing artdaided

self-hei~techniques,

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Further requests the secretariat to provide advi"ory services to member States to enable them to carry out the recommendations outlined in 2-(a), (b), (c), (d»and (e) above.