UNITED 
NATIONS
HS

Commission on 
Human Settlements
Distr. 
GENERAL 
HS/C/17/1 
10 November 1998 
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH


Seventeenth session
Nairobi, 5-14 May 1999
Item 3 of the provisional agenda
 
 
PROVISIONAL AGENDA OF THE SEVENTEENTH SESSION OF THE
COMMISSION ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

 
 
1. Election of officers.
2. Credentials.
3. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.
4. Activities of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat): progress report of the Executive Director.
5. Follow-up to the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II).
6. Follow-up to the special session of the General Assembly for the purpose of an overall review and appraisal of the implementation of Agenda 21.
7. Special themes:
(a) Local implementation of the Habitat Agenda, with particular attention to local Agenda 21s;
(b) International cooperation for the implementation of the Habitat Agenda.
8. Cooperation with partners.
9. Work programme of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) for the biennium 2000-2001.
10 Proposed budget of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation for the biennium 2000-2001.
11. Coordination matters:
(a) Cooperation between the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) and the United Nations Environment Programme;
(b) Cooperation with agencies and organizations within the United Nations system, intergovernmental organizations outside the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations;
(c) Matters arising out of the resolutions of major legislative organs of the United Nations and other intergovernmental bodies which are brought to the attention of the Commission.
12. Themes for the eighteenth and future sessions of the Commission.
13. Other matters.
14. Provisional agenda and other arrangements for the eighteenth session of the Commission.
15. Adoption of the report of the session.
16. Closure of the session.

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