A/RES/56/205 Recalling the goal contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration 5 of achieving a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by the year 2020, as proposed in the “Cities without Slums” initiative, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 6 2. Reaffirms the importance of the full implementation of all the commitments undertaken in the Habitat Agenda;1 3. Emphasizes the importance, at all levels of policy-making and in the context of sustainable development, of giving high priority to the implementation of the Habitat Agenda and the Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium, 4 including achieving the goals of adequate shelter for all and sustainable human settlements development in an urbanizing world, particularly in developing countries; 4. Recognizes that the overall thrust of the new strategic vision of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) 7 and its emphasis on the two global campaigns on secure tenure and urban governance are strategic points of entry for the effective implementation of the Habitat Agenda, especially for guiding international cooperation in respect of adequate shelter for all and sustainable human settlements development; 5. Recognizes also that Governments have the primary responsibility for the implementation of the Habitat Agenda and the Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium, and stresses that the international community should fully implement its commitments to support Governments of developing countries and countries with economies in transition in their efforts, by providing the requisite means of implementation and through the creation of an international enabling environment; 6. Requests the relevant bodies of the United Nations system, including the specialized agencies, programmes, funds and regional commissions, as well as the World Bank and regional development banks, consistent with their respective mandates, to support fully the effective implementation at all levels of the Habitat Agenda and the Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium; 7. Invites local authorities and other Habitat Agenda partners to contribute to the implementation of the Habitat Agenda and the Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium, and encourages them to participate, as appropriate, in the Urban Forum and the Advisory Committee of Local Authorities, in their roles as advisory bodies to the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), bearing in mind the decisions of the Commission on Human Settlements on the establishment of those two bodies; 8. Urges the Executive Director of the Programme to assess the role and funding of the regional programme activity centres of the Programme with a view to providing improved technical cooperation services to Governments to implement _______________ 5 See resolution 55/2. A/56/477. 7 Formerly known as the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) (see resolution 56/206 of 21 December 2001). 6 2