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UN-HABITAT EXECUTIVE BUREAU in Moscow
Director of the Bureau: Vladimir K. Storchevus
Mail address: 8, Stroiteley Street, Build. 2, Office 809,
119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
Telephone: 930-62-64
Tel./Fax: 930-03-79
E-mail: unhabitat@gosstroy.gov.ru
UN-HABITAT Executive Bureau in Moscow was founded in 1989.
Basic objective of the Bureau’s activity consists in coordination and implementation of multi-lateral international cooperation of Russian organizations with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) in the sphere of sustainable human settlements development, urban planning, housing, international expertise, improvement of legal framework and standards in the area of human settlements.
The Bureau monitors the implementation of Programme of Cooperation, signed between UN Human Settlements Programme and the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Construction, Housing and Municipal Economy. Within this activity, special attention is given to the complex problems of urban and rural development in priority areas, emphasized by the Habitat Agenda, decisions of the 25th special session of the United Nations General Assembly “Istanbul + 5”, as well as in the Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium and other recommendations, adopted during the sessions of the UN-HABITAT Governing Council, including the resolutions on the countries with transition economy.
Within the above mentioned Programme of Cooperation, the Bureau is implementing a number of relevant UN-HABITAT projects in the Russian Federation.
Since 1999 UN-HABITAT Executive Bureau in Moscow publishes Russian version of information bulletin “Habitat Debate”, issued by the Secretariate of the UN Human Settlements Programme in English.
Additional materials on the activity of the UN-HABITAT Executive Bureau in Moscow could be found at the web-site (http://www.unhabitatmoscow.ru). If you are interested in the information on the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, please visit the following web-site (http://www.unhabitat.org).
information is provided by UN-HABITAT Executive Bureau in Moscow
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