English: The other substantive agenda items were (i) a report on UN-HabitatUN-HABITAT's operational activities, in which the secretariat traced the background of the mandate UN-Habitat UN-HABITAT had been given for operational activities, starting with excerpts from paragraphs 207, 208 and 228 of the Habitat Agenda and from Governing Council resolution 19/7, and outlined the objectives of operational activities, which included, first, the building of institutional and human capacities at all levels, the testing and dissemination of policy options through demonstration projects and supporting the implementation of local and national plans of action, including policy reforms and capacity-building, demonstration projects and resource mobilization, and, second, (ii) preparations for the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly, with regard to in which the Executive Director briefed the Committee on the outcome of the substantive session of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of 2003 and the current status of the preparations for the fifty--eighth session of the General Assembly, highlighting item 103 of the provisional agenda for that session (Implementation of General Assembly resolution 57/275).
French: Les autres questions de fond à l'ordre du jour étaient un rapport sur les activités opérationnelles d'ONU-Habitat dans lequel le secrétariat rappelait l'historique du mandat du Programme en commençant par des extraits des paragraphesThe other substantive agenda items were (i) a report on UN-HabitatUN-HABITAT's operational activities, in which the secretariat traced the background of the mandate UN-Habitat UN-HABITAT had been given for operational activities, starting with excerpts from paragraphs 207, 208 etand 228 du Programme pour l'habitat et de la résolutionof the Habitat Agenda and from Governing Council resolution 19/7 du Conseil d'administration; , ce rapport décrivait également les objectifs de ces activités qui comprenaient, premièrement, le renforcement des capacités institutionnelles et humaines à tous les niveaux, and outlined the objectives of operational activities, which included, first, the building of institutional and human capacities at all levels,la mise à l'essai et la diffusion des options politiques par des projets de démonstration et un appui à la mise en œuvre des plans d'action locaux et nationaux the testing and dissemination of policy options through demonstration projects and supporting the implementation of local and national plans of action, y compris réformes politiques et renforcement des capacités including policy reforms and capacity-building, demonstration projects and resource mobilization, and,, projets de démonstration et mobilisation de ressources et, deuxièmement, les préparatifs de la cinquante-huitième session de l'Assemblée générale à propos desquels la Directrice  exécutive a informé le Comité des résultats de la session de 2003 du Conseil économique et social et de l'état actuel de ces préparatifssecond, (ii) preparations for the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly, with regard to in which the Executive Director briefed the Committee on the outcome of the substantive session en attirant leur attention sur le point 103 de l'ordre du jour provisoire de la sessionof the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of 2003 and the current status of the preparations for the fifty--eighth session of the General Assembly de l'Assemblée , highlighting item 103 of the provisional agenda for that session (Mise en œuvre de la résolution Implementation of General Assembly resolution 57/275 de l'Assemblée générale).