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Articles in: Statements and Releases --- 2 articles found --- Click on the titles --- Habitat Netz Thu, Apr 05 2007 Include the Right to Housing into the EU territorial strategy and the Leipzig Charter ! Habitat International Coalition (HIC) called the German EU council presidency to include housing issues in the debates on the European territorial strategy; "We propose that the Leipzig Charter should reaffirm the human rights and, in this context, the right to housing", HIC wrote in a letter to the German minister Tiefensee. >> Read more AG Habitat - HID Tue, Jun 05 2001, pdf Statement on the Implementation of Habitat II in Germany The results of the 1996 Habitat II Conference in Istanbul did not have much impact on political debates in Germany, where the Habitat Agenda was mostly viewed as an Agenda for the South. The issues discussed at the conference and in the agenda seemed to lack relevance for Germany. In fact, the housing provisions in Germany seem to be relatively good, even in comparison to other European countries, and ecological aspects that used to be a major concern in settlement planning have played a role in most political discourses over the past decades. Document: HID - AG Habitat, Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung: "Statement on the Implementation of Habitat II in Germany", , 2001, pdf
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