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IN THE CORRIDORS

A shortage of space in Conference Room C provided an appropriate indicator of interest in the "right to housing" question at the PrepCom Monday. The group, chaired by Marcela Nicodemus (Brazil), convened to consider the issue, but was forced to adjourn because so many delegates attended that many were forced to stand. The Secretariat has been invited to produce a summary of delegates' positions for a second session. Some G-77/China delegates have said that Habitat II is the "most appropriate forum" in which to affirm a basic right to housing. One delegation said the issue was inseparable from that of sustainable development.