Governments at the 19th Session of the UN-Habitat Governing Council in 2003 adopted by consensus resolution 19/18 calling on UN-Habitat to establish a Special Human Settlements Programme for the Palestinian People (SHSPPP) and the Technical Cooperation Trust Fund. The long-term development objective of the programme is to improve the human settlements conditions of the Palestinian people and in so doing contribute in a modest way to reaching peace, security and stability in the region. During the 23rd Governing Council in 2011, a new resolution 23/2 was adopted, requesting UN-Habitat “to further focus its operations on planning, land and housing issues in view of improving the housing and human settlement conditions of Palestinians, addressing the urbanization challenges, supporting the building of a Palestinian state, humanitarian action and peace-building, in the areas where there are acute humanitarian and development needs”. During the 26th Governing Council in 2017, a new resolution 26/9 was adopted, requesting the Executive Director of UN-Habitat “to reconvene the Advisory Board to the Special Human Settlements Programme for the Palestinian People and the Technical Cooperation Trust Fund with particular emphasis on reviewing progress and supporting fundraising to meet identified gaps in view also of the implementation of the New Urban Agenda”.