UNCHS - Istambul+5 - General Assembly Special Session, New York 6-8 June 2001

From 6 to 8 June 2001, five years after Habitat II Conference (Istanbul, Turkey, June 1996), the General Assembly of the United Nations held a special session to review and appraise implementation of the Habitat Agenda world-wide. In assessing progress toward the Habitat Agenda commitments and strategies, all Member States of the United Nations were invited to prepare a report on national and local implementation of the Habitat Agenda, reflecting the views of the government and of its partners.
Planum presents a report from the Special Session by the German Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR)
("Istanbul +5 - An Interim Statement on the HABITAT Agenda Report from the 25th Special Session of the United Nations' General Assembly New York, 6-8 June 2001" by Hans-Peter Gatzweiler, Jürgen Göddecke-Stellmann, André Müller), two document by Fédération nationale des agences d'urbanisme (FNAU) presented at the General Assembly in New York ( a foreword by André Rossinot, President French Federation of Town Planning Agencies, Mayor of Nancy and "Urban Government in France's conurbations : issues and tools" by Marcel Belliot, Managing Director, French Federation of Town Planning Agencies) and a short links'collection.
Planum will publish new documents and comments in the next few months: coming soon an article by Pietro Garau, Special Advisor, UNCHS (Habitat).