11 October 2013: The seventy-fourth session of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Committee on Housing and Land Management (CHLM) convened in Geneva, Switzerland, from 7-9 October 2013, with 8 October devoted to a High-Level Ministerial Meeting, during which the draft Strategy for Sustainable Housing and Land Management in the ECE region for the period 2014-2020 was adopted.

More than 240 participants attended the meeting, including representatives from 51 UNECE member States and four observer countries, as well as representatives from non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations, academia and the private sector. The CHLM discussed, inter alia: the draft Strategy for Sustainable Housing and Land Management in the ECE region for the period 2014-2020; the work of the CHLM Bureau; and the implementation of the 2012-2013 work programme of the CHLM on sustainable housing, sustainable urban development, land administration and management, and country profiles on housing and land management. The Ministerial Meeting adopted the Strategy, and discussed and reviewed progress made and future challenges in housing, land management and urban development in the region. The CHLM considered the future directions of its work, as well as the outcomes of the Ministerial Meeting. [IISD RS Coverage]