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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.

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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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Headline Geological Survey in Argentina

Caption Description In order to determine the existence and extent of mineral deposits in a promising section of the Argentine Andes, the government is conducting a geological survey of the area. The UN Special Fund, with the United Nations as its Executing Agency, is assisting the project by providing expert services, fellowships, equipment and sub-contracts. The Fund has allocated $1,166,900 towards the project and the Argentine government is contributing an estimated equivalent of $1,244,000. If such potential resources are discovered and exploited, the city of Mendoza, whose economy is now predominantly agricultural, could be transformed into an important mining and industrial centre.
View of the oil refinery at Mendoza, where the discovery of mineral wealth in the nearby Cordilleranos could have a crucial impact on the development of industry.

Unique Identifier UN7502156

NICA ID 353929

Production Date 08/01/1965 9:21:53 PM

Country Argentina

Credit UN Photo/PA

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