1. UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE
ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
Vancouver, 31 MAY -11 JUNE 1976
SUBMITTED BY: ASHLEY MULLER

2. “Mankind must not be daunted by the scale of the task ahead. There is need
for awareness of and responsibility for increased activity of the national
Governments and international community , aimed at mobilization of economic
resources, institutional changes and international solidarity.” - of the Declaration
of Principles, resulting from the Vancouver Conference.
The premise of this conference
was to strive to create policy
which would effectively reduce
the destruction of human dignity
and necessary environmental
resources as the worldʼs
population was projected to
nearly double in size over the
course of the next 25 years
thereby creating an
overpopulation crisis.
VANCOUVER, 1976
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3. The initial decision to hold the Vancouver 1976
conference was made by the General
Assembly in 1972, where the government of
Canada was accepted as the host country. A
Secretary General, Enrique Penalosa of
Columbia, was appointed to the conference in Habitat founding figures, left to right,
Enrique Penalosa, Michael Hayward,
April of 1974 and served the important role of Darshan Johal, Peter Oberlander and
Arcot Ramachandran, at the birth of
the agency in 1978 Photo © Centre
delegation and examination of countries prior for Human Settlements, University of
British Colombia
to the conference and submission of reports to
the General Assembly.

4. Population Growth
“ Are there any feasible
strategies and implementable
means, of bringing population
growth to an end without
government coercion, war or
epidemic?”

5. REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FOLLOWING STATES TOOK PART IN THE CONFERENCE:
AFGHANISTAN, ALGERIA, ANGOLA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BAHAMAS, BAHRAIN,
BANGLADESH, BARBADOS, BELGIUM, BENIN, BHUTAN, BOLIVIA, BOTSWANA, BRAZIL,
BULGARIA, BURMA, BURUNDI, BYELORUSSIAN SSR, CANADA, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,
CHAD, CHILE, COLUMBIA, CONGO, COSTA RICA, CUBA, CYPRUS, CZECHOSLOVAKIA,
DEMOCRATIC YEMEN, DENMARK, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EGYPT, EL SALVADOR,
FIJI, FINLAND, FRANCE, GABON, GAMBIA, GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, GERMANY
(FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF), GHANA, GREECE, GRENADA, GUATEMALA, GUINEA-BISSAU,
GUYANA, HAITI, HOLY SEE, HONDURAS, HUNGARY, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, IRELAND,
ISRAEL, ITALY, IVORY COAST, JAMAICA, JAPAN, JORDAN, KENYA, KUWAIT, LESOTHO,
LIBERIA, LIBYAN ARABIC REPUBLIC, LUXEMBOURG, MADAGASCAR, MALAYSIA, MALI,
MAURITANIA, MAURITIUS, MEXICO, MONACO, MONGOLIA, MOROCCO, MOZAMBIQUE, NEPAL,
NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NIGER, NIGERIA, NORWAY, OMAN, PAKISTAN,
PANAMA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PARAGUAY, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL,
QATAR, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, ROMANIA, RWANDA, SAUDI ARABIA, SENEGAL, SIERRA
LEONE, SINGAPORE, SOMALIA, SPAIN, SRI LANKA, SUDAN, SWAZILAND, SWEDEN,
SWITZERLAND, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC, THAILAND, TOGO, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,
TUNISIA, TURKEY, UGANDA, UKRAINIAN SSR, UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,
UNITED REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA, UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, UPPER VOLTA, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA, YEMEN, YUGOSLAVIA, ZAIRE AND ZAMBIA.

6. The International Labor Organization, the food and agriculture organization
of the united nations, the united nations educational, scientific and cultural
organization, the world health organization, the international bank for
reconstruction and development and the world meteorological organization.3

7. “THERE IS A NEW WORLD IN THE
MAKING. NO NATION CAN AFFORD
ANY LONGER TO ISOLATE ITSELF
IN SELF CONTEMPLATION,
CLASPING TO ITS BREAST ITS
POSSESSIONS IN DENIAL TO
OTHERS ... WE HAVE ENTERED THE
ERA OF A COMMUNITY OF
INTEREST...” -
PIERRE ELLIOT TRUDEAU, VANCOUVER 1976

8. 1976: One third of the entire urban
population of the developing world lives
in slums and squatter settlements.
NAIROBI SLUMS
CALCUTTA, INDIA

9. PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RAILWAYS SQUATTER SETTLEMENT

10. The Vancouver Declaration
improving the quality of life through more equitable distribution of development benefits, planning and regulating land use, protecting the environment, integrating
women and youth, and rehabilitating people displaced by natural and man-made catastrophes.

11. PEACEFUL DIPLOMACY- INTERNATIONAL SOLUTIONS

12. The Vancouver Action Plan