United Nations Task Force on Environment and Human Settlements

Equipe spéciale chargée de l'environnement et des établissements humains

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History

following proposal of the Secretary-General of A-XA3375 - United Nations (UN). Organizations most concerned: E-XE4161 - UNEP; E-XE6809 - United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Completed deliberations 15 Jul 1998.

Aims

Develop the institutional response to environmental and human settlements challenges seen in the new international context so as to build a new international system through greater unity of purpose, greater coherence of effort and greater agility in responding to an increasingly dynamic and complex world; make recommendations on how existing United Nations structures and arrangements in the field may be optimally designed to deal with problems that will concern the global community in the next decade.

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UN Sustainable Development Goals **

GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesGOAL 14: Life Below WaterGOAL 15: Life on LandGOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong InstitutionsGOAL 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal

UIA Org ID

XJ0552

Last News

1998

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