Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat A/RES/68/239 1. Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General on the coordinated implementation of the Habitat Agenda 7 and the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat); 8 2. Encourages giving appropriate consideration to sustainable urbanization in the elaboration of the post-2015 development agenda; 3. Emphasizes the importance of ensuring consistency and coherence in the deliberations of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council on agenda items related to the work of UN-Habitat; 4. Affirms Governing Council of UN-Habitat resolution 24/14 on the inputs and support required for the preparatory process of the United Nations conference on housing and sustainable urban development (Habitat III) to be met by regular budget and voluntary contributions, and in this regard encourages the SecretaryGeneral to seek voluntary support for this purpose and calls upon Member States to provide such support; 5. Welcomes the offer by the Government of Ecuador to host the conference in Quito in 2016; 6. Urges international and bilateral donors, and also the private sector, financial institutions and foundations, to support the national, regional and global preparations for Habitat III through voluntary contributions to the Habitat III trust fund and to support the participation of representatives of developing countries in meetings of the preparatory committee and in the conference itself, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 13 of resolution 67/216; 7. Invites Member States to facilitate participatory processes and wide stakeholder participation, including local authorities and their associations, when developing, revising and implementing national urban policies, where appropriate, in particular through national urban forums also as a means for the preparation of Habitat III; 8. Encourages stakeholders gathering at the seventh session of the World Urban Forum, as well as at the regular ministerial conferences on housing and urban development and other relevant expert group meetings, to provide inputs and to contribute as appropriate to the process leading to the conference; 9. Requests the Secretary-General of the conference to mobilize the expertise of the United Nations system as a whole, including the regional commissions, and of other relevant international, regional and subregional organizations, for the Habitat III preparatory process; 10. Encourages all organizations of the United Nations system to support, as appropriate and at the request of Member States, the Habitat III preparatory process at the country level, including the establishment or strengthening of national habitat committees and the preparation of Habitat III national reports, considering the support that could be provided by the private sector, non-governmental organizations and academia, in accordance with national legislation and practices, as appropriate; _______________ 7 8 A/68/328. A/68/332. 3/5