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Influential International Events

1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
bullet UN ECOSOC establishes Centre for Housing Planning and Building (1956)
bullet Koenigsterber Action Plan for Singapore (1961)
bullet Charles Abrams "Housing in the Modern World" (1966)
bullet John Turner paper at UN conference in Pitsburg (1966)
bullet Publication of John Turner's "Freedom to Build" (1972)
bullet First World Bank Sites and Services projects (1972)
bullet UN Stockholm conference on the environment (1972)
bullet The United Nations Environment Programme is established (1974)
bullet World Bank Housing Sector Policy paper (1975)
bullet Publication of Barba Ward's "the Home of Man" (1976)
bullet United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, Vancouver (1976)
bullet HIC established (1977)
bullet United Nations Centre for Human Settlements established, Nairobi (1978)
bullet ESCAP/UNCHS joint Section on Human Settlements established (1985)
bullet HIC reconstituted as Habitat International Coalition (1987)
bullet International Year of Shelter for the Homeless (1987)
bullet UNCHS/UNDP/World Bank Urban Management Programme Phase 1 (1987)
bullet Global Shelter Strategy to the year 2000 (1988)
bullet Asian Coalition for Housing Rights established (1988)
bullet World Bank Urban Agenda for' 90s (1991)
bullet UNDP Cities People and Poverty - Programme for 90's (1991)
bullet Earth Summit Rio (1992 )
bullet Population Conference Cairo (1993)
bullet Social Summit Copenhagen (1995)
bullet Women's Summits Beijing (1995)
bullet City Summit Habitat II Istanbul (1996)
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