A/RES/76/133
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
5 January 2022
Seventy-sixth session
Agenda item 28
Social development
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 16 December 2021
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/76/454, para. 51)]
76/133.
Inclusive policies and programmes to address homelessness,
including in the aftermath of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
The General Assembly,
Recalling the World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen from
6 to 12 March 1995, and the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly,
entitled “World Summit for Social Development and beyond: achieving social
development for all in a globalizing world”, held in Geneva from 26 June to 1 July
2000, and their outcomes,
Reaffirming that the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the
Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development 1 and the further
initiatives for social development adopted by the General Assembly at its twenty fourth special session 2 constitute the basic framework for the promotion of social
development for all with people at the centre, and encouraging the continued global
dialogue on social development issues,
Recalling the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 3
which, inter alia, recognizes the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living
including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement
of living conditions,
Recalling also General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled
“Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which
the Assembly recognized to ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable
housing and basic services, and to implement social protection systems and measures
for all, including floors for all, and affirmed its commitment to the full
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Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6 –12 March 1995 (United
Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution I, annexes I and II.
Resolution S-24/2, annex.
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
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