The Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR)

Overview

The Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, serves as the inter-sessional subsidiary body of the Governing Council. Its terms of reference are as follows:

1. To review and monitor, within the policy and budgetary framework provided by the Governing Council, the implementation of the work programme of UN-HABITAT as well as the implementation of decisions of the Governing Council;
   
   
2. To review the draft work programme and budget of UN-HABITAT during their preparations;
   
   
3. To prepare draft decisions and resolutions for consideration by the Governing Council; and



4. To meet at least four times in a year with the participation of the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT.
   

Membership of the CPR comprises all Member states accredited to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT).

Bureau Members

The Bureau of the CPR is composed of five members, representing the five regional groups of the United Nations who are elected on a rotational basis to serve two-year terms. The current composition of the Bureau for the biennium 2006-2007 is as follows:

H.E. Ms. Elisabeth Jacobsen, Chair of the CPR and Permanent Representative of Norway to UN-HABITAT (Western European and Others Group);

H.E. Mr. Solomon Karanja, Vice-chair of the CPR and Permanent Representative of Kenya to UN-HABITAT (African Group);

H.E. Mr. Wojciech Jasinski, Vice-chair of the CPR and Permanent Representative of Poland to UN-HABITAT (Eastern European Group);

Mr. Fernando Rolandelli, Vice-chair of the CPR and Deputy Permanent Representative of Argentina to UN-HABITAT (Latin American and the Caribbean Group); and

Mr. Imran Yawer, Rapporteur of the CPR and Deputy Permanent Representative of Pakistan to UN-HABITAT (Asian Group).

Past Members of the Bureau

Working Groups of the CPR:

At its meeting which was held on 9 February 2006, the Bureau decided the following:

1. To collapse the Working Group on Policy and Programme Matters into one Working Group entitled Working Group on Policy, Budgetary and Administrative Matters.



2. This Working Group will be chaired, jointly, by H.E. Mr. Solomon Karanja, Permanent Representative of Kenya to UN-HABITAT, nominated to the Bureau by the Africa Group and Mr. Fernando Rolandelli, Permanent Representative of Argentina to UN-HABITAT, nominated to the Bureau by the Latin America and Caribbean Group (GRULAC).



3. The Working Group on Preparations for the World Urban Forum has been retained and will be chaired by H.E. Mr. Wojciech Jasinski, Permanent Representative of Poland to UN-HABITAT, nominated to the Bureau by the Eastern European Group.

Goal:

To promote cooperation in the implementation of the Habitat Agenda and to address the global challenges of Human Settlement issues through collaboration with UN organizations and agencies and with inter-governmental bodies and other UN-HABITAT agenda partners.

Documents:

Inter-Agency coordination reports:

• Current
  
• UNEP-UN-HABITAT cooperation
  
• Resolutions
  

Contact:

David Franklyn
Secretariat of the Governing Council,
External Relations and Inter-Governmental Affairs
UN-HABITAT
P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
Tel: (254 20) 7623322
Fax: (254 20) 7624175
david.franklin@unhabitat.org