A/70/270
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
4 August 2015
Original: English
Seventieth session
Item 73 (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 members of 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 25/17.
* A/70/150.
15-12539 (E)
020915
*1512539*