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by the General Assembly in its resolution 56/206 of 21 December 2001 which, after upgrading the Commission on Human Settlements into the Governing Council of UN-HABITAT, a subsidiary organ of the General Assembly, "“further decided that the Committee of Permanent RepresentativesCommittee of Permanent Representatives to UN-HABITAT shall serve as the Governing Council''s inter-sessional body"”