03/04/2009 Nairobi The curtain came down on the 22nd Session of the Governing Council of UN-HABITAT which was described as the most successful ever in the agency’s history. Some of the highlights of the weeklong meeting included dialogue sessions on affordable housing and climate change; the signing of partnership agreements with six financial institutions that would serve as pilot house financing schemes. Breakthrough resolutions were also passed most significantly being the one calling for governments to support UN-HABITAT’s work on human settlements development in the occupied Palestinian territories. At the concluding session the President of the Governing Council, Clifford Everald Warmington, the Jamaican Minister of State for water and housing said the Habitat Agenda was extremely relevant in these times of financial turmoil and climate change. Addressing the last press conference of the Session, Executive Director Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka thanked the Governing Council fo...