A/RES/52/190 Page 2 Recalling its resolution 51/225 of 3 April 1997, and noting with concern the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services,3 in which serious concern is expressed about the financial irregularities in the Centre, and recognizing that the serious management and financial situation at the Centre should be addressed as a matter of urgency, 1. Takes note of the reports of the Commission on Human Settlements on its sixteenth session4 and on the implementation of the Global Strategy for Shelter to the Year 2000,5 and the report of the SecretaryGeneral on the implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II);6 2. Requests the Secretary-General to address urgently the serious management and financial situation at the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) to meet its responsibilities in the implementation of the Habitat Agenda,2 in accordance with Commission on Human Settlements resolution 16/8;7 3. Urges the Executive Director of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) to take further action towards the reform of the administrative and financial management of the Centre pursuant to the recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services,3 as well as the relevant reports of the United Nations Board of Auditors and Commission on Human Settlements resolutions 16/8 and 16/19,7 and decisions 16/28 and 16/29;8 4. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to it at its fifty-third session the comprehensive and indepth assessment of the Centre with a view to its revitalization called for in paragraph 19 of resolution 51/177, taking into account Commission resolution 16/8 and other relevant resolutions adopted by the Commission at its sixteenth session; 5. Urges all Governments and other actors concerned with human settlements and urban management issues, such as local authorities, relevant intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations, parliamentarians, the private sector, trade unions, academicians and other community groups, to implement fully and effectively the Habitat Agenda; 6. Invites Governments to consider, where appropriate, including in their delegations to future sessions of the Commission, in accordance with the specific conditions of each country, representatives of local authorities and the relevant actors of civil society, particularly the private sector, non-governmental organizations and research organizations, in the field of adequate shelter for all and sustainable human settlements development; 7. Affirms that, in a rapidly urbanizing world, the pivotal role of local authorities in the implementation of the Habitat Agenda should be recognized and enhanced; 3 A/52/339, annex. 4 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 8 (A/52/8). 5 Ibid., Supplement No.8 (A/52/8/Add.1). 6 A/52/181-E/1997/77. 7 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 8 (A/52/8), annex I, sect. A.2. 8 Ibid, sect. B. /...