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"Invites all States to repeal, reform or amend any existing legislation, policies, programmes or projects which in any manner negatively affect the realization of the right to adequate housing;
"Urges all States to comply with existing international agreements concerning the right to adequate housing, and to this end, to establish . . . appropriate monitoring mechanisms to provide, for national and international consideration, accurate data and indicators on the extent of homelessness, inadequate housing conditions, persons without security of tenure, and other issues arising from the right to adequate housing and providing insights into policy, structural and other impediments to the efficient operation of the shelter sector."
Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities resolution 1991/12, entitled "Forced evictions" adopted on 28 August 1991, states in part:
"The Sub-Commission,
"Recognizing that the practice of forced eviction involves the involuntary removal of persons, families and groups from their homes and communities, resulting in the destruction of the lives and identities of people throughout the world, as well as increasing homelessness,
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"Draws the attention of the Commission on Human Rights to . . . (b) The fact that the practice of forced evictions constitutes a gross violation of human rights, in particular the right to adequate housing; (c) The need for immediate measures to be undertaken at all levels aimed at eliminating the practice of forced eviction;
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"Emphasizes the importance of the provision of immediate, appropriate and sufficient compensation and/or alternative accommodation, consistent with the wishes and needs of persons and communities forcibly or arbitrarily evicted, following mutually satisfactory negotiations with the affected person(s) or group(s)."
Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities resolution 1991/26, entitled "Promoting the realization of the right to adequate housing", adopted on 29 August 1991, states in part:
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