A/HRC/RES/35/24
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 July 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fifth session
6–23 June 2017
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 23 June 2017
35/24.
Human rights in cities and other human settlements
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recalling the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and other relevant international human rights
instruments,
Considering that the world urban population currently accounts for more than half of
the global population and that, by 2050, the number of people living in urban areas is
expected to nearly double, increasing this proportion to two thirds of the global population
and thus making urbanization one of the twenty-first century’s most transformative trends,
Recalling relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council, in particular resolutions
31/9 of 23 March 2016, 33/10 of 29 September 2016, 34/9 of 23 March 2017 and 34/20 of
24 March 2017, and the resolutions of the General Assembly on the implementation of the
outcome of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban
Development (Habitat III) and the strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements
Programme, including resolutions 71/235 of 21 December 2016 and 71/256 of 23
December 2016,
Recognizing the need to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies that are based on
respect for human rights, including the right to development,
Taking fully into account the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including
the Sustainable Development Goals, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third
International Conference on Financing for Development, the Paris Agreement adopted
under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, the Vienna Programme of Action for
Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014–2024, the SIDS Accelerated
Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway, the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least
Developed Countries for the Decade 2011–2020, the Rio Declaration on Environment and
Development, the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the World Summit for
Social Development, the Programme of Action of the International Conference on
GE.17-11949(E)