A/71/310
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 August 2016
Original: English
Seventy-first session
Item 69 (b) of the provisional agenda*
Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights
questions, including alternative approaches for improving
the effective enjoyment of human rights and
fundamental freedoms
Adequate housing as a component of the right to an
adequate standard of living
Note by the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the
report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to
an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non -discrimination in this
context, Leilani Farha, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions
15/8 and 31/9.
* A/71/150.
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