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One of the main purposes of the UN Conference - Exposition on Human Settlements held in Vancouver, Canada, in June 1976, was to bring to the World's attention the nature and relative importance of the problems of human settlements against a background of widespread concern for the whole of our earthly environment - natural and manmade. Two of the most critical problems of society today are the shortage of adequate housing and the deterioration of the conditions under which people live and work. Many cities are unable to provide adequate housing, food, sanitation, work and other essential services for all the people flocking to them in search of a better life. Rural settlements are being abandoned and neglected. Urbanization is not an evil in itself. The process can be guided and converted into a positive factor in development. Economic development and an improvement in the quality of human life need not be competing alternatives. They are both vital and in the common interest of all mankind.

A woman in her kitchen in Cross Roads, South Africa.

Alluvial diamond deposits are an important source of income to Sierra Leone. Methods are being devised to control surreptitious diamond smuggling, for the country loses millions of dollars through these illegal activities.
Diamond workers are seen here panning alluvial deposits into baskets on the banks of a river.

People enjoying a Sunday stroll on a Tokyo street closed to motor traffic. In Japan shopping centres are open on Sundays to enable the people to shop leisurely. To encourage shoppers to use public transport and enjoy their outing some city streets are converted to temporary picnic areas.

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For some time to come the poorer countries of the world will have to rely on agriculture to raise their living standards and supply the capital they need to create industries. Agricultural production must therefore be increased. This requires tractors, fertilizers, new and better seeds, vast irrigation schemes, land reforms.
Wheat in a North Dakota field ready to be harvested. Of the total wheat production in the United States of 1,793,322,000 bushels North Dakota accounted for 205,062,000 bushels.

For some time to come the poorer countries of the world will have to rely on agriculture to raise their living standards and supply the capital they need to create industries. Agricultural production must therefore be increased. This requires tractors, fertilizers, new and better seeds, vast irrigation schemes, land reforms.
A student of the Schiefflin Institute in Liberia purring fertilizer on a rice field. Under a Youth Development Programme undertaken by the Government school boys are taught horticulture and farming in an effort to increase agricultural production in the country. This project has received assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organization. [c. 1967]

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Some 18,000 soldiers from twenty-two countries are on duty with the United Nations Force in the Congo, helping to restore order and calm in the country.
A Congolese child is seen in the arms of an Ethiopian soldier, listening over a field telephone. March 1963.

British Commando units attached to the United Nations forces in Korea have made several daring raids deep into enemy territory. During one such raid, Commandos of the 41st Royal British Marines swarm ashore from amtracks 8 miles south of Songjin, North Korea, where they destroyed a stretch of railroad track breaking an important enemy supply line.

A street scene in Wonsan City, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The photo was taken during Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos’ five-day mission in the country to assess food aid needs.

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Headline Afghan Farmer Gathers Wheat

Caption Description A farmer gathers wheat in Bamyan, Afghanistan.

Unique Identifier UN7394882

NICA ID 442517

Production Date 08/11/2009 12:30:48 AM

Country Afghanistan

Credit UN Photo/Eric Kanalstein

File size 3.38 MB