United Nations A/RES/57/275 General Assembly Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 95 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Second Committee (A/57/540 and Corr.1)] 57/275. Special session of the General Assembly for an overall review and appraisal of the implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and the strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 3327 (XXIX) of 16 December 1974, 32/162 of 19 December 1977, 34/115 of 14 December 1979, 53/242 of 28 July 1999 and 56/205 and 56/206 of 21 December 2001, Taking note of Economic and Social Council resolution 2002/38 of 26 July 2002, Recalling the Habitat Agenda 1 and the Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium, 2 Emphasizing the goal contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration 3 of achieving a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum-dwellers by 2020, Taking into account the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development 4 and the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”),5 as well as the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development, 6 _______________ 1 Report of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), Istanbul, 3–14 June 1996 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.97.IV.6), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II. 2 Resolution S-25/2, annex. 3 See resolution 55/2. 4 Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August– 4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 1, annex. 5 Ibid., resolution 2, annex. 6 Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico, 18–22 March 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.II.A.7), chap. I, resolution 1, annex. 02 55753 Distr.: General 6 March 2003