- 133 - (x) (xi) Accord priority to State investment in the construction of low-income housing and in assistance to the production of housing by the public sector, not leaving the initiative entirely to the private sector; Establish an entity for gathering and analysing reliable statistical data on the national housing situation (number of homeless, number of dwellings which are deficient or lack basic services, number of low-income dwellings built, etc.), to enable the Committee to follow developments with regard to respect of the right to housing in Panama. 80. The Committee would like the Government of Panama to keep it informed of the action taken on its recommendations concerning the right to housing, within the context of the third periodic report due on 30 June 1995. 81. In conclusion, the Committee recommends that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights request the Centre for Human Rights to provide advisory services, as requested by the Government of Panama, in coordination with the United Nations agencies and regional institutions already established in Panama, such as UNDP, the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) and the Inter-American Development Bank, as well as with the international financial institutions - IMF and the World Bank. 82. The Committee also requests that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights convey the content of the present report to the Government of Panama during his scheduled trip to Panama in June 1995. Notes 1/ Corregimiento: districts. an administrative division corresponding to one or more 2/ One balboa = $1. 3/ MIPPE, Social Report, 1994. 4/ The Ngöbe-Buglé people, comprising about 120,000 persons, is numerically the largest indigenous community in the country.

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